Using the Hadith of the Ethiopians Playing in the Mosque as Evidence for Learning Karate
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people have taken the hadith about the Ethiopians playing in the mosque and used it as evidence for training Muslim children in games such as combat karate and the like in the mosque. Is their use of this as evidence permissible?
Answer:
We do not know karate, and we say nothing about it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people have taken the hadith about the Ethiopians playing in the mosque and used it as evidence for training Muslim children in games such as combat karate and the like in the mosque. Is their use of this as evidence permissible?
Answer:
We do not know karate, and we say nothing about it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب في غير أولي الإربة — islamhouse.com (38:36)
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