The ruling on wearing shirts printed with the names of disbelieving players
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The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on wearing shirts that have the names of disbelieving players on the back? Does this contradict the creed of loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara')?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this indicates love for these disbelievers. One wears their images. Generally, it is not permissible to wear images on clothes, nor to put them on clothes, nor to hang them on clothes. The jurists mentioned in the chapter on clothing for prayer that it is forbidden to wear what contains images. If it were the images of Muslims, how much more so the images of disbelieving people? Because they play, and because they are heroes in the game. Is this not an addition to that? Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. What about those that have names written on them without an image, just the names of disbelieving players written?
The Shaykh:
It is a symbol of exalting the person, and it is not permissible, even if it is just by mentioning his name. Yes.
He says: May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on wearing shirts that have the names of disbelieving players on the back? Does this contradict the creed of loyalty and disavowal (al-wala' wa al-bara')?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this indicates love for these disbelievers. One wears their images. Generally, it is not permissible to wear images on clothes, nor to put them on clothes, nor to hang them on clothes. The jurists mentioned in the chapter on clothing for prayer that it is forbidden to wear what contains images. If it were the images of Muslims, how much more so the images of disbelieving people? Because they play, and because they are heroes in the game. Is this not an addition to that? Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. What about those that have names written on them without an image, just the names of disbelieving players written?
The Shaykh:
It is a symbol of exalting the person, and it is not permissible, even if it is just by mentioning his name. Yes.
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