What is the ruling on using a whistle in sports and the like?
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Question:
Using a whistle?
Answer:
It is not appropriate; one should use something other than a whistle. One should use something to indicate the intended meaning other than a whistle.
Q: But it is not adopted as a religious practice; because its sound is loud, it is not whistling with the hands, but rather with the device?
The Shaykh: It is possible; it is possible to use it; because the intention is to avoid imitating the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, if one adopts something that serves as its substitute, that is the least of the avoidance of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, which is dislike.
Using a whistle?
Answer:
It is not appropriate; one should use something other than a whistle. One should use something to indicate the intended meaning other than a whistle.
Q: But it is not adopted as a religious practice; because its sound is loud, it is not whistling with the hands, but rather with the device?
The Shaykh: It is possible; it is possible to use it; because the intention is to avoid imitating the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, if one adopts something that serves as its substitute, that is the least of the avoidance of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, which is dislike.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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