What is the ruling on watching football matches?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on watching football matches on television?
Answer:
I mean, if you have free time and no work except following football, and I do not know what the Muslim is doing with his time, which is precious. He should not waste it on matches, serials, and low-level things that do not benefit him in his religion or in his worldly life. He should preserve his time for what benefits him and is useful to him. Sleeping is better than watching the match. You sleep, you rest, you get up and pray the last part of the night, which is better for you than watching something that has no benefit and delays your sleep and makes you lazy about the Fajr prayer. Yes.
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on watching football matches on television?
Answer:
I mean, if you have free time and no work except following football, and I do not know what the Muslim is doing with his time, which is precious. He should not waste it on matches, serials, and low-level things that do not benefit him in his religion or in his worldly life. He should preserve his time for what benefits him and is useful to him. Sleeping is better than watching the match. You sleep, you rest, you get up and pray the last part of the night, which is better for you than watching something that has no benefit and delays your sleep and makes you lazy about the Fajr prayer. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم مشاهدة مباريات كرة القدم؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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