Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

What is the ruling on watching football matches?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Many questions are asked about this issue, which is: What is the ruling on watching football matches, whether they are for Muslim teams or for disbeliever teams?

Answer:
This occupies you from what is beneficial in religion and worldly affairs. Do not occupy yourself with following the matches; occupy yourself with it, for there is no benefit in them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم مشاهدة مباريات كرة القدم؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa