Is it true that Your Eminence issued a ruling that what some players do by prostrating in joy over a victory is considered a religious innovation (bid'ah)?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it true that Your Eminence issued a ruling that what some players do, which is prostrating in joy over a victory or otherwise, is considered among the religious innovations (bid'ah), even though that is considered prostration of gratitude?

Answer:
Prostration of gratitude is not prescribed except when a blessing is renewed or a calamity is removed. Winning in football is not a blessing; this is a blessing for the Muslims, and the Muslims benefit from it, indeed it benefits them as well. It is not a renewal of a blessing. Therefore, the prostration is a religious innovation (bid'ah) because it has no religious cause. Yes.