The Spread of Women's Sports Clubs and the Obligation to Forbid Evil
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Question:
Perhaps I will conclude with this question, and it is an important one. He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, some women's sports clubs have recently appeared and spread in this country. Today I read in the newspaper al-Watan a news item about one of them in the Eastern Region. Shaykh, if we forbid evil, no one listens to us. These centers have swimming and many exercises, and there are female trainers of Arab nationalities. It is not hidden from your eminence the great danger that begins with them. We ask you to alert the responsible officials to this and to forbid these clubs. May Allah preserve you.
Answer:
Yes, this is being spread, and it is bad propaganda to encourage women to oppose the orders of the religion, and it is a bad call to take women out of their proper state, stripping away their modesty, chastity, and hijab, and so on.
I mean, the helpers of Satan are calling for this, but we ask Allah to make them firm. Forbidding evil is happening, praise be to Allah, and reviewing the matter with the responsible officials is happening. But with this, every Muslim should do what he can of forbidding evil, reporting, writing in the newspapers, and responding to these people. If the efforts are combined, the desired result will be achieved, if Allah wills.
Yes, Allah the Exalted and Majestic says:[An-Nisa 4:76] So if the allies of Satan are resisted, they are weak, just like their master and their leader is weak. But if they are left alone, they become strong.
The presenter:
Yes. May Allah reward you,
Perhaps I will conclude with this question, and it is an important one. He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, some women's sports clubs have recently appeared and spread in this country. Today I read in the newspaper al-Watan a news item about one of them in the Eastern Region. Shaykh, if we forbid evil, no one listens to us. These centers have swimming and many exercises, and there are female trainers of Arab nationalities. It is not hidden from your eminence the great danger that begins with them. We ask you to alert the responsible officials to this and to forbid these clubs. May Allah preserve you.
Answer:
Yes, this is being spread, and it is bad propaganda to encourage women to oppose the orders of the religion, and it is a bad call to take women out of their proper state, stripping away their modesty, chastity, and hijab, and so on.
I mean, the helpers of Satan are calling for this, but we ask Allah to make them firm. Forbidding evil is happening, praise be to Allah, and reviewing the matter with the responsible officials is happening. But with this, every Muslim should do what he can of forbidding evil, reporting, writing in the newspapers, and responding to these people. If the efforts are combined, the desired result will be achieved, if Allah wills.
Yes, Allah the Exalted and Majestic says:
So fight against the allies of Satan. Indeed, the plot of Satan has ever been weak.
فَقَاتِلُوا أَوْلِيَاءَ الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًاThe presenter:
Yes. May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح فضل الإسلام [ صالح الفوزان ]، سؤال حذيفة للنبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - عن الشر — islamhouse.com (1:12:55)
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