In our country, women get together in a sports gym and dance to the sound of drums, claiming this is for physical exercise. Is this activity permissible?
Tag: sport
Asking to be called by the name of a disbeliever
[There are] some people called Muhammad or ‘Abdul-’Azeez [for example who] ask to be called by the name of a non-Muslim [football] player; so is this permissible, and would this be [considered as] resembling [the disbelievers]?
Taking the initial bow in karate
We joined one of the Karate clubs in America and the trainer said [to us]: “It is required of you to take an initial bow when you are bowed to” [at the start of the karate dual]…
Acting in plays & writing fictional stories
What is the ruling on acting in plays? And what is the ruling on writing fictional stories?
The conditions for watching & playing football
Is it permissible for a person, who performs/carrys out his obligations at their respective times, to watch and play football in his spare time?