What are the sports encouraged by Islam and the sports and games prohibited by it?
A52. Islam encourages all sports that strengthen the body and take care of health so that they help man be better able to work and obtain his allowed provision and help him better obey God Almighty. As for sports and games that cause harm or hurt to the human body as free boxing, wrestling and the like, these are prohibited based on the Prophet’s saying No harm nor cause of harm. Otherwise every sport or game that neither achieve benefit nor cause harm then it is part of the vain games that waste time and spend it uselessly. Q53. Does Islam accept love before marriage? How far true is the following statement: Whoever loves a chaste love then dies he dies as a martyr. A53. Love before marriage naturally has certain introductions and necessities which are not free from committing sins. As for what has been reported that the Prophet p.b.u.h. said: “Whoever loves, hides his love in patience and dies, he is a martyr” and in another version: “Allah will forgive him and grant him paradise” Th
