# Is football really more haram than alcohol and gambling?

*A fatwa calling football more haram than alcohol and gambling*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2envv2nuehw/s/1/
- Date: 2020-12-16 · Kind: discussion · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Funny Fatwa: Football is more haram the gambling & alcohol | Mufti Abu Layth (0:02–2:54)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EnVV2NUehw&t=2s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2envv2nuehw/

**Topics:** Entertainment, sport and leisure; Views on contemporary scholars

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth calls a fatwa that football is more haram than alcohol and gambling the most ridiculous he has seen recently.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says a fatwa declaring football more haram than alcohol and gambling is the most ridiculous fatwa he has come across in recent times.

**Evidence, his words at 2:13:** “Now, I'm not even into football, but I have to say that is the most ridiculous fatwa” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EnVV2NUehw&t=133s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth reads out a post quoting a cleric, whose name is unclear in the captions, who says in a long book on football that he may doubt reality, his dreams and his senses, but has no doubt that football is more haram and harmful than alcohol and gambling, which are forbidden by consensus. Mufti reacts with laughter and jokes about the cleric's name. Mufti says he is not even into football, but that this is the most ridiculous fatwa he has come across in recent times. The clip ends with a brief aside and a mention of the channel celebrating 20,000 subscribers.

## Transcript (machine tier, 0:02–2:54)

[0:02] Right. This was an interesting post I'd seen. Uh believe it or not people, [laughter] this beautiful brother that you can see there. The beautiful uh is she zab uh alhamdi. All right. You're doing it right. who says in his fatwa 600page uh book called uh on football he says I have no doubt I may have doubt in this reality I may have doubt

[0:40] slight extent is this a simulation I may have a 1% doubt is this a dream I may have doubt on my senses did I really see that was that an optical illusion did I hear something or Did I imagine it? But I have no doubt, not even a blink of an eye, that football is more haram and harmful than alcohol and gambling, which are prohibited by consensus of the scholars.

[1:14] PEOPLE, [laughter] [gasps] I mean, I'm not making that up, people. [laughter] That is actually what she zeb [laughter] the viab.

[1:39] What's his name? [laughter] Let's let's go back to his name. What is it? It is uh sheh zab. There it is. Zab which it should have been zubab [laughter] which means the fly you know a little fly called zubab. It's zab. [laughter] [gasps] I have no doubt not even a blink of an eye that this is more haram than all of those things.

[2:13] gambling, alcohol, every you name it. More haram than that is football. Now, I'm not even into football, but I have to say that is the most ridiculous fatwa [laughter] that I've come across in recent times. So, people, where where have we got to? Was that a naked mulvi? Yep. Let's That was not a a mulvi.

[2:38] That was our Where's he gone? All right, people. Celebrating our 20k subscribers. [music] Put

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2EnVV2NUehw/s/1. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/2envv2nuehw/s/1/

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