The Ruling on Staying Up Late After Isha
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Is the prohibition in the hadith regarding staying up late after Isha for the sake of being disliked, or for the sake of being forbidden? And what is the ruling on playing ball after Isha, even if it is only one day a week?
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before Isha and staying up late after it; however, this is not for the sake of being forbidden, except if it leads to missing the Fajr prayer. In that case, it becomes forbidden, and its prohibition is from the perspective of blocking the means to harm.
As for playing ball after Isha, whether one day a week or every day, we first ask: How do these people play ball? Sometimes they play it in an unacceptable manner, and you find their thighs exposed, or part of the thigh or most of the thigh, and they are young men. The exposure of a young man's thigh is undoubtedly a trial, and then the matter may lead them to spend most of the night playing, causing them to miss the congregational prayer or the Fajr prayer.
Therefore, I see nothing wrong with playing ball in principle, as long as it does not occupy one from an obligatory duty or lead one into something forbidden, in which case it becomes forbidden for this reason.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before Isha and staying up late after it; however, this is not for the sake of being forbidden, except if it leads to missing the Fajr prayer. In that case, it becomes forbidden, and its prohibition is from the perspective of blocking the means to harm.
As for playing ball after Isha, whether one day a week or every day, we first ask: How do these people play ball? Sometimes they play it in an unacceptable manner, and you find their thighs exposed, or part of the thigh or most of the thigh, and they are young men. The exposure of a young man's thigh is undoubtedly a trial, and then the matter may lead them to spend most of the night playing, causing them to miss the congregational prayer or the Fajr prayer.
Therefore, I see nothing wrong with playing ball in principle, as long as it does not occupy one from an obligatory duty or lead one into something forbidden, in which case it becomes forbidden for this reason.