Today's Question no. 652
What is the ruling on watching and playing cricket? Does it contribute to physical fitness?
Answer
Playing cricket has following harms.
1. There is high chances of physical injury in playing cricket. Injuries to legs, bone fractures, arms, stomach and face too has been seen.
2. It create problems to people travelling on foot and cars including animals when played on roads.
3. High chances of road accidents with death have been observed.
4. Chances of physical injuries with ball and bat which leads to serious eye injuries and face transfigured has been seen.
5. Breaking windowpanes and glass doors of neighbours.
6. Lies, betrayal, fights, hatred, enmity etc feeling for one another on losing the game.
7. If played with bet, then sin of betting included.
8. If there is prize money on winning, it is wastage of personal money and sinful to spending on supporting haraam and if it is others money then too it is sinful.
9. Not praying salah and missing out prayers in Masjid with jamaat.
10. To waste ones precious time in the game, and after end, on its discussion.
With regarding physical exercise
1. No exercise is regarded as a game. Bodybuilders practice physical fitness. Doctors recommend physical exercises for various illness non of which include games like football etc. As such cricket is a game, not an exercise.
2. Crowd does not gather to watch people exercising.
3. People sit in front of TV for hours watching cricket, football. Nobody spends such time watching a person exercise.
4. Physical fitness has no recommended time and is done maximum for an hour. However, in cricket hours are wasted watching and playing and people get so engrossed in it that they forget about the time.
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