What is your opinion of those who support clubs and are lazy in performing the obligatory acts?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Noble Shaykh, what is your opinion of those who support sports clubs and are lazy in performing the prayers?
The Shaykh : They support the clubs and attend them, or do they not?
The questioner : They attend them.
The Shaykh : They support them and attend them, and they neglect the prayer.
The questioner : They are lazy in performing the prayers.
The Shaykh : I see that these people are losers; they have lost their worldly life and their Hereafter, for they have not benefited from their lifetimes except with this amusement and play, and they have wasted the prayer, which is the greatest pillar of Islam after the two testimonies. If you know them, may Allah reward you with good, then advise them and say: "Fear Allah, these clubs do not benefit you." But I say: and praise be to Allah, there are righteous young men in the clubs now who embrace the youth and guide them, and when the time for prayer comes, they pray. That is to say, we do not rule that all clubs are not upright, but some of the clubs have much good in them. Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Noble Shaykh, what is your opinion of those who support sports clubs and are lazy in performing the prayers?
The Shaykh : They support the clubs and attend them, or do they not?
The questioner : They attend them.
The Shaykh : They support them and attend them, and they neglect the prayer.
The questioner : They are lazy in performing the prayers.
The Shaykh : I see that these people are losers; they have lost their worldly life and their Hereafter, for they have not benefited from their lifetimes except with this amusement and play, and they have wasted the prayer, which is the greatest pillar of Islam after the two testimonies. If you know them, may Allah reward you with good, then advise them and say: "Fear Allah, these clubs do not benefit you." But I say: and praise be to Allah, there are righteous young men in the clubs now who embrace the youth and guide them, and when the time for prayer comes, they pray. That is to say, we do not rule that all clubs are not upright, but some of the clubs have much good in them. Yes, indeed.