Playing soccer as a means of calling the youth
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Question:
This questioner asks: What is Your Eminence’s opinion of one who makes playing soccer a method for calling people and the youth to good and guidance, given that it has been observed to have drawn many young people to guidance?
Answer:
If a group of university students or students of knowledge agree to this and adopt it as a call to Allah, and they do not ask them about prayer, and there is no exposing of the private parts, no racing, and no cursing, then there is no harm. If they race, or make soccer or a foot race a means of calling to Allah and advising one another, and it does not occupy them from prayer, and there is no exposing of the private parts, no cursing, no insulting, and no harm, then there is no blame. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner asks: What is Your Eminence’s opinion of one who makes playing soccer a method for calling people and the youth to good and guidance, given that it has been observed to have drawn many young people to guidance?
Answer:
If a group of university students or students of knowledge agree to this and adopt it as a call to Allah, and they do not ask them about prayer, and there is no exposing of the private parts, no racing, and no cursing, then there is no harm. If they race, or make soccer or a foot race a means of calling to Allah and advising one another, and it does not occupy them from prayer, and there is no exposing of the private parts, no cursing, no insulting, and no harm, then there is no blame. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 7 (2) — archive.org (32:54)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.