{"id":32625,"date":"2024-09-21T11:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T11:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=32625"},"modified":"2024-09-21T22:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T22:37:06","slug":"the-olympic-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/the-olympic-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Ruling Islamically on Using the Olympic Flame?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fatwa ID: 07455<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by Alimah Saniyah bint Asrar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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What is the ruling Islamically on using the Olympic flame?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure I understand your question. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Olympic flame is an important symbol within the Olympic movement, representing the link between the ancient and modern Games. It is ignited in Olympia and Greece a few months prior to the Olympics, marking the start of the torch relay. This relay culminates with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Games, signifying the official start of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The symbolic flame was first introduced during the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Positioned in a large bowl atop the ‘Marathon Tower’, the flame’s primary purpose was to make the location of the Olympic Games visible from miles away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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While the flame doesn’t have any direct religious associations in the modern day, it is a symbol that is supposed to connect the modern Olympics to ancient Olympics wherein this fire had a symbolic religious purpose. In ancient Greece, a flame burned continuously on the altar of the sanctuary of Hestia during the Olympic Games. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Fire held a divine significance in Greek mythology, and it was believed to have been stolen from the gods by Prometheus. Sacred fires were also present at many Greek sanctuaries, including Olympia.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Every four years, during the Olympic Games honouring Zeus, additional flames were lit at his temple and at the temple of his wife, Hera. In modern times, the Olympic flame is ignited in front of the ruins of Hera’s temple every two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Given that the flame has a connection to the pagan Greek tradition, it would make it disliked in Islam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only <\/span>Allah <\/span>(\u0639\u0632 \u0648 \u062c\u0644) <\/span>knows best.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Written by Alimah Saniyah bint Asrar<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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