Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

What is the ruling on women attending sports venues if a separate area is designated for them?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on women attending sports venues if, as they say, it is with Shari'ah guidelines, such that a space is designated for them?

The Shaykh:
This Shari'ah guideline is a complete lie, for there are no Shari'ah guidelines. The Shari'ah guidelines are that she stays in her home, she does not go to sports venues, and she does not go to parties. These are the Shari'ah guidelines. So if she goes out to sports venues, she has gone against the Shari'ah guidelines.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh, and this...

The Shaykh:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not prevent the female servant your women from visiting the mosques of Allah.لا تمنعوا إماء الله مساجد الله
Sunan Abi Dawud 566
and their homes are better for them. How can the mosques of worship be compared to sports venues, and how can they be compared to parties? Especially since you know what happens now in sports venues and parties in terms of what is wrong, of exposing the body, and of free mixing of men and women. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2978] ما حكم حضور النساء للملاعب إذا خُصص لهن مكان منفصل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa