The Meaning of Al-Musafif, Al-Mutamsakhir, and the Rejection of Their Testimony

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is stated in the books of jurisprudence: "The testimony of the boxer, the mocker, the singer, the dancer, the chess player, the dice player, and the pigeon player is not accepted." What is meant by the boxer and the mocker?

The Shaykh:
The boxer, my brother, the boxer is meant by the boxer.

The questioner:
Or it can be called boxing now. And the mocker, he says: What is meant by the boxer and the mocker? And is there a difference between them?

The Shaykh:
The mocker is the one who jokes a lot, the one who is always joking. This indicates that he is lax, and people also disparage him because he is always joking, always mocking, and always disparaged in the eyes of people. Yes. So if he has descended to this level, he does not care about testimony. And what about playing with pigeons and others? He says: The mocker and the singer. The singer is also [not accepted]; because he is lax in testimony. If he makes a profession of forbidden singing, he becomes lax in it; so he is lax in testimony. The dancer is well known, the one who dances like women. This indicates his laxity and his descent from manliness, his imitating women. The chess player and the dice player mean the same thing. And the pigeon player? The one who plays with pigeons, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade playing with pigeons. This indicates his foolishness; he took pigeons for play. This indicates his foolishness and the imperfection of his intellect. So he is lax in testimony. Yes.