Fatwa ID: 08345

 

 

Answered by: Maulana Yusuf Badshah

 

Question:

 

Is playing cricket professional halal? As it doesn’t include any gambling and cricketers get paid by advertisements earnings and by fatwa by Jamia Tur Rasheed advertisements earnings like YouTube are halal.

 

And why do some scholars say it haram simply because it is sports and playing sports is haram.

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

 

Answer:

 

Playing sport is not Haraam. It is important to exercise and train your body. What is impermissible in certain professional sports is wearing clothing which exposes the Awrah, such as exposing the knees, being unable to pray Salah on time due to match timings or being prevented from fasting during Ramadhan [1].

 

The clothing worn by professional cricket players is generally acceptable, covering everything from the navel to below the knees. However, one seeking to become a cricket player will have to ensure that they will not be prevented from performing a single Fardh Salah at its correct time throughout the year, nor prevented from fasting during Ramadhan.

 

As long as these conditions are met and the other rules and restrictions of Islam are upheld, there should be no problem being a professional cricketer.

 

 

References:

 

[1] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 1, pg. 404, Darul Fikr:

(وَ) الرَّابِعُ (سَتْرُ عَوْرَتِهِ) وَوُجُوبُهُ عَامٌّ وَلَوْ فِي الْخَلْوَةِ عَلَى الصَّحِيحِ إلَّا لِغَرَضٍ صَحِيحٍ، وَلَهُ لُبْسُ ثَوْبٍ نَجَسٍ فِي غَيْرِ صَلَاةٍ (وَهِيَ لِلرَّجُلِ مَا تَحْتَ سُرَّتِهِ إلَى مَا تَحْتَ رُكْبَتِهِ)

Surah An-Nisa’ 103:

{ فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِكُمْ ۚ فَإِذَا اطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ ۚ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا ۞}

Surah Al-Baqarah 238:

{ حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ ۞}

Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 50, Darul Fikr:

الصَّلَاةُ فَرِيضَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ لَا يَسَعُ تَرْكُهَا وَيَكْفُرُ جَاحِدُهَا

Raddul Muhtar, vol. 1, pg. 351, Darul Fikr:

(هِيَ فَرْضُ عَيْنٍ عَلَى كُلِّ مُكَلَّفٍ)

Surah Al-Baqarah 183:

{ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ۞}

Raddul Muhtar, vol. 2, pg. 373, Darul Fikr:

(وَهُوَ) أَقْسَامٌ ثَمَانِيَةٌ: (فَرْضٌ) وَهُوَ نَوْعَانِ: مُعَيَّنٌ (كَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ أَدَاءً وَ) غَيْرُ مُعَيَّنٍ كَصَوْمِهِ (قَضَاءً)

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

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