04-06-2006, 10:00 PM
Bismillah
salam
Faris, i guess curious provided the source of the aticle which is Al Watan magazine.
Suhail, as far as i remember I read a fatwa explaining that sports in general must not be played for the sake of fame or gaining victory but only to strengthen the body in preparation for Jihad if it occurs. Besides the part saying that they should not play in sports clothes is explained thru the A`wra rules if u know what I mean.
and Faris, why did u expect it to be written by non Muslims to mock Muslims.
if u examine it, when they say dont play in halves they mean dont divide.
and when they say that youngesters shouldnt be sitting to watch, dont u know what football do with people's time? i did start a thread on the dilemma we had here in Egypt during the African cup. It was really a disaster.
If such crowd with such enthusiam and courage would just walk without any training or arms saying Allah u Akbar instead of OOOOO goaaaaal. Palestine would be free by now and Aqsa would be back.
But instead, they sit there watching like being hynotized, missing one prayer after the other. u think the players stop for prayer when the call comes on Faris? no they dont....
you think the audiance go out of the staduim to join a masjed? no they dont suahil...
Well just reconsider the whole article before making a comment.