Advice for those who watch matches and series
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Question:
This questioner says: I am a young man who fasts on Mondays and Thursdays, and I keep up the night prayer, but I watch sports matches and some series. What do you advise me to do? May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
I advise you to stop watching sports matches and TV series, because they distract you from the remembrance of Allah, and they may drag you into other programs. Also, you stay up late watching them if the viewing is at night.
You delay getting up for the night prayer in the last part of the night. Sleeping early is what is prescribed, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sleep early after the 'Isha' prayer. It is disliked to sleep before it, meaning the 'Isha' prayer, and it is disliked to talk after it, meaning talking and sitting. He used to sleep early in order to get up in the last part of the night. He would take his share of sleep and get up energetic and early. Leave these things and occupy yourself with the matters of your Hereafter.
And occupy yourself with what benefits you in this world and helps you in obeying Allah. The matches offer no help, neither for religion nor for this world; they are merely a waste of time. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: I am a young man who fasts on Mondays and Thursdays, and I keep up the night prayer, but I watch sports matches and some series. What do you advise me to do? May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
I advise you to stop watching sports matches and TV series, because they distract you from the remembrance of Allah, and they may drag you into other programs. Also, you stay up late watching them if the viewing is at night.
You delay getting up for the night prayer in the last part of the night. Sleeping early is what is prescribed, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sleep early after the 'Isha' prayer. It is disliked to sleep before it, meaning the 'Isha' prayer, and it is disliked to talk after it, meaning talking and sitting. He used to sleep early in order to get up in the last part of the night. He would take his share of sleep and get up energetic and early. Leave these things and occupy yourself with the matters of your Hereafter.
And occupy yourself with what benefits you in this world and helps you in obeying Allah. The matches offer no help, neither for religion nor for this world; they are merely a waste of time. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 32 — archive.org (11:43)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.