The Ruling on Playing Ball and Using It in Da'wah
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The questioner:
We seek guidance regarding da'wah to Allah. I ask your permission to speak about da'wah.
The Shaykh:
How can da'wah be conducted alongside matches and play?
The questioner:
A match means young men come out.
The Shaykh:
If they appear in a specific place and play this ball without it occupying them from an obligatory duty or causing them to fall into what is forbidden, we know of no barrier to that. In fact, some of our students at the university, when I was at the university, had a specific place where they played ball at a specific time that did not occupy them from their duties or cause them to fall into what is forbidden, and we did not prevent them from that.
The questioner:
Some people use the ball, anthems, and tapes similar to the Sufi tapes. These pleasures, O Shaykh, if you heard that there was a response to the Qur'an and he said, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, a man comes out with Sufi attire and another comes with corrections and cars, and they take the two Shaykhs in the da'wah to Allah the Exalted and use the da'wah to Allah.
The Shaykh:
The result is that if it has an effect and does not remove this, this is a rule from the means of the ends. If it is with a good, specific group that presents it in suitable places for study, knowledge, and benefit, and perhaps they play ball among themselves with energy, strength, and competition, this does not harm in general. All of these are things we do; they call them students, they call them students, they play it with walls, and it does not occupy them from an obligatory duty. But when it has now developed and come to occupy them from the prayers and cause them to fall into prohibitions, it became forbidden. The ruling revolves with its cause; whenever the cause of prohibition is present, it is forbidden, and whenever it is removed from the causes of prohibition, it is not forbidden. The same applies to the scenes; if the scenes cause one to neglect prayer and look at 'awrah, it is forbidden for him. But if he does not see 'awrah, does not find 'awrah, and does not neglect his prayer at its time, there is no blame on him. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes.
We seek guidance regarding da'wah to Allah. I ask your permission to speak about da'wah.
The Shaykh:
How can da'wah be conducted alongside matches and play?
The questioner:
A match means young men come out.
The Shaykh:
If they appear in a specific place and play this ball without it occupying them from an obligatory duty or causing them to fall into what is forbidden, we know of no barrier to that. In fact, some of our students at the university, when I was at the university, had a specific place where they played ball at a specific time that did not occupy them from their duties or cause them to fall into what is forbidden, and we did not prevent them from that.
The questioner:
Some people use the ball, anthems, and tapes similar to the Sufi tapes. These pleasures, O Shaykh, if you heard that there was a response to the Qur'an and he said, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, a man comes out with Sufi attire and another comes with corrections and cars, and they take the two Shaykhs in the da'wah to Allah the Exalted and use the da'wah to Allah.
The Shaykh:
The result is that if it has an effect and does not remove this, this is a rule from the means of the ends. If it is with a good, specific group that presents it in suitable places for study, knowledge, and benefit, and perhaps they play ball among themselves with energy, strength, and competition, this does not harm in general. All of these are things we do; they call them students, they call them students, they play it with walls, and it does not occupy them from an obligatory duty. But when it has now developed and come to occupy them from the prayers and cause them to fall into prohibitions, it became forbidden. The ruling revolves with its cause; whenever the cause of prohibition is present, it is forbidden, and whenever it is removed from the causes of prohibition, it is not forbidden. The same applies to the scenes; if the scenes cause one to neglect prayer and look at 'awrah, it is forbidden for him. But if he does not see 'awrah, does not find 'awrah, and does not neglect his prayer at its time, there is no blame on him. Yes.
The questioner:
Yes.
Source
أخلاق المؤمنين والمؤمنات — islamhouse.com (1:18:59)
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