What is your advice for the one whose heart is attached to watching sports matches and who wastes his time in them?
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The questioner : There are many questions on a similar, if not identical, topic, concerning people’s watching and interest in matches. The honorableThe Shaykh : You know, may Allah guide you, that in these nights the matches are frequent, and many of the young men, indeed many of the fathers and women, have their hearts attached to watching these matches. So what is your advice to those who spend most of their time watching them? And another says: They spend the last third of the night watching that match. So what is your guidance, may Allah guide you, to establish the argument against these people? May Allah benefit everyone through you?
The Shaykh : We have a fatwa on this topic, and we clarified that watching these matches involves, first: wasting time, as a great deal of time passes while people watch these matches, and time is precious; time is more precious than money, and more precious than everything. Every moment that passes over you in other than the obedience of Allah is a loss, by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-'Asr 103:1-3] And money, as I said, is precious, yes, and time is more precious than money. The evidence for this is the saying of Allah Blessed and Exalted is He: [Al-Mu'minun 23:99-100] meaning, so that I may spend my money in righteous work.
Second: Watching these matches involves wasting money. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he What is wasting money? The television requires electricity, and the place where you are requires electricity. If it were not for your staying in this place, you would turn off the electricity and go to sleep. So it is a waste of money as well as a waste of time.
Third: It is a waste of energy, meaning physical energy, because staying up late destroys the body and affects it severely. The effect may not appear in the present or near future, but in the future.
Fourth: You may watch someone who excels over others in this match, and he is from the people of disbelief, or from the people of open sinfulness, or from the people of lewdness, so your heart becomes attached to him, and there is an exaltation of this superior person, and perhaps there is love for him. It is known that this undermines faith and creed.
Fifth: Watching these matches is generally not free from watching the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered), for the thigh is an 'awrah according to many scholars, according to many scholars. And although the stronger position is the opposite, that the thigh is not an 'awrah, the thigh is undoubtedly an 'awrah for young men because it is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). For this reason, when watching matches, one sees these thighs. The viewer may say: I do not care about these thighs, I do not look at them, and I only care about watching these players. It is said: Yes, you may not care about this matter for one night, or two, or three nights, but Shaytan may tempt you until you become concerned with this matter. So my advice to these people is to turn away from watching these matches to what is more beneficial in religion and worldly life.
Yes.
The Shaykh : We have a fatwa on this topic, and we clarified that watching these matches involves, first: wasting time, as a great deal of time passes while people watch these matches, and time is precious; time is more precious than money, and more precious than everything. Every moment that passes over you in other than the obedience of Allah is a loss, by the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(1) By time, (2) Indeed, mankind is in loss, (3) Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
وَالْعَصْرِ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرuntil, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back (100) That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind."
حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِ لَعَلِّي أَعْمَلُ صَالِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُSecond: Watching these matches involves wasting money. It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he
He forbade the wasting of wealth
نهى عن إضاعة المالThird: It is a waste of energy, meaning physical energy, because staying up late destroys the body and affects it severely. The effect may not appear in the present or near future, but in the future.
Fourth: You may watch someone who excels over others in this match, and he is from the people of disbelief, or from the people of open sinfulness, or from the people of lewdness, so your heart becomes attached to him, and there is an exaltation of this superior person, and perhaps there is love for him. It is known that this undermines faith and creed.
Fifth: Watching these matches is generally not free from watching the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered), for the thigh is an 'awrah according to many scholars, according to many scholars. And although the stronger position is the opposite, that the thigh is not an 'awrah, the thigh is undoubtedly an 'awrah for young men because it is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). For this reason, when watching matches, one sees these thighs. The viewer may say: I do not care about these thighs, I do not look at them, and I only care about watching these players. It is said: Yes, you may not care about this matter for one night, or two, or three nights, but Shaytan may tempt you until you become concerned with this matter. So my advice to these people is to turn away from watching these matches to what is more beneficial in religion and worldly life.
Yes.