Question
A few days ago my uncle's went out for paddle tennis after Esha. However I did not join them in this haraam activity. A few of my household people inquired as to why did I not join them in this activity. I responded by saying it is a haraam and a stupid waste of time and money. They responded by justifying it and saying that it is not haraam. Rather it a way of keeping fit and maintaining family ties. I patiently listen to all this rubbish. I responded by saying I am looking at this haraam sport on a whole scale, not stereotyping a certain group and making exceptions. I asked what about when women play. They said that women will not go close to such a sport. I said are you lying to me or to yourself? I then gave an example of women driving. Initially it was unthinkable for Muslim women to drive. Gradually their modesty and inhibition faded and vanished. Today most of the women of the Ummah are driving. I then said that men play paddle today, tomorrow it will also be women to play. I also added that Soo much gambling take place when there is a paddle tournament and Americano Rubbish. They were speechless and had no answer to my response. But they still wanted me to retract my statement which I made in the beginning, namely, "Paddle is haraam". Please advise me on the above. Did I say anything wrong?
Answer
Paddle tennis is haraam just as all kuffaar sports are haraam. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
"Every sport of the Mu‟min is haraam."
Aggravating and compounding the haraam paddle tennis is indulgence in the haraam act after Ishaa‟. Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) prohibited even idle conversation after Ishaa‟ even if the talk is of a permissible kind.
Your response was entirely correct. Keeping fit in haraam ways is a shaitaani deception. Maintaining family ties in haraam ways is also haraam. In fact it is Waajib to be aloof from such relatives who flagrantly indulge in haraam under the pretext of „family ties‟, and then further compound their evil with the kufr of justifying what Allah Ta‟ala has made haraam. They need to renew their Imaan. They dwell in self-deception if they really believe that it is permissible to eat pork to stay healthy assuming the atheist doctors say so.
The evil is aggravated manifold for women who indulge in this haraam act. The gambling is another satanic dimension. In fact, it is a stepping stone to zina. Men and women will mix late at night after their evil, filthy paddle tennis. Far from retracting your valid objections, it is necessary to sever ties from such vile fussaaq, fujjaar relatives. Your relatives are dangling on the precipice of kufr for justifying an evil which Allah Ta‟ala has made Haraam.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 27 No 09
- PDF page
- 19
Verbatim verified against the source PDF
Appears under THE HARAAM PADDLE SPORT. This heading is the nearest headline at or before the page and is approximate. Do not cite it alone.