What is the ruling on football?
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The questioner : Football?
The Shaykh : Football is also among the games and pastimes. If the Islamic etiquettes are observed in it, such as: not wearing short clothes that expose the awrah (part of the body that must be covered), and not adhering to the systems imposed by the disbelievers from whom this game originated, and it does not become a cause for them to miss performing the prayer at its times, then if this game is free from these violations, I see nothing wrong with it, because it is among the games by which a person strengthens his body.
The Shaykh : Football is also among the games and pastimes. If the Islamic etiquettes are observed in it, such as: not wearing short clothes that expose the awrah (part of the body that must be covered), and not adhering to the systems imposed by the disbelievers from whom this game originated, and it does not become a cause for them to miss performing the prayer at its times, then if this game is free from these violations, I see nothing wrong with it, because it is among the games by which a person strengthens his body.