The Ruling on Intense Love for Sports Clubs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner says: There are some sports club fans who have such an intense love for their clubs that when their team wins, they rejoice with extreme joy, and when they lose, they grieve with extreme grief, and they do not accept anyone insulting their team. Does this count as the heart’s worship of the beloved?
Answer:
Yes, indeed, this is considered a love that has no place. What are you rejoicing in and what are you loving? This is not something to rejoice over in play. Yes, one rejoices in obeying Allah and worshipping Allah. Yes,[Yunus 10:58], yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner says: There are some sports club fans who have such an intense love for their clubs that when their team wins, they rejoice with extreme joy, and when they lose, they grieve with extreme grief, and they do not accept anyone insulting their team. Does this count as the heart’s worship of the beloved?
Answer:
Yes, indeed, this is considered a love that has no place. What are you rejoicing in and what are you loving? This is not something to rejoice over in play. Yes, one rejoices in obeying Allah and worshipping Allah. Yes,
Say, "In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate."
بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
Source
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