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Sport & Games
243 fatawa from 8 South African Darul Iftas on Sport & Games, part of Social, Media & Ethics. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Sport & Games fatawa — page 1 of 7
- Mufti Online8 Oct 2026
Making a software application that helps people play games
Is it permissible to make a software application that helps people play games? My software will not have any sinful elements, it is for an online…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Aug 2026
Building an online platform where gaming organizations host skill-based tournaments and charge an entry fee
Is it permissible to build an online platform where gaming organizations can host skill-based tournaments and charge an entry fee per slot? I am not…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Aug 2026
Charging a fee to join a tournament on a PC game and giving prizes
I host tournaments on a game called Fortnite. People pay me a fee. Everyone to take part in these tournaments, and I pick a few of them every…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood4 Aug 2026
Winnings From Sporting Tournaments
Regarding the sporting tournaments that require a fee in order to participate, with prize money up for grabs for the winning team, is this money…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online16 Jul 2026
Watching the World Cup and Supporting Teams in World Cup Matches
Respected Mufti Saheb. In regard to the soccer world cup which is presently being held, certain people make dua for their favourite teams to win.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Jun 2026
Playing and watching cricket
Is it halal to play cricket? Most people treat it like a religion. Is that halal and is it halal to play cricket on tv?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 May 2026
Playing haraam games
Is being pleased in a game where you can come back to life kufr? In cod mobile. if someone is named Adam and I say ism ala ghair musama does that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood18 Feb 2026
Free Play In Games Of Chance
Is spinning a wheel in a game of chance on a betting app permissible to participate in? Is the money won permitted to keep since there is no charge?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online14 Dec 2025
Playing monopoly with one's family
Is it permissible to play monopoly with ones family as long as it does not become a barrier from one fulfilling the fardh ibadah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Nov 2025
Pretending to be a shaytaan in a play
In our school, two people had done a play in a program in which one becomes the devil and he tries to whisper evil thoughts into the other person.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Oct 2025
Making zikr while playing games
1. Is it permissible to play Roblox while doing dhikr in one's mind to avoid wasting time? Though at times one may forget to do so. Some aspects of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Sep 2025
Playing games and earning 'coins'
In video games, there is a game currency, like coins etc. They aren't purchased with real world money and are basically just a gameplay mechanic…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - MUBZ12 Jun 2025
Is it Permissible to Play Video Games?
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Respected mufti What is the fiqhi ruling regarding video games with the purpose of education? Does this differ from…
- Azaadville1 May 2025
Alimahs And Students Going To Play Sports At A Sports Centre Or Grounds
Is it permissible for Aalimahs of a Madrassah to go and play sports at a sports centre? It’s only the Aalimahs and students of the Madrassah who are…
- Mufti Online30 Jan 2025
Using 3D foam animal targets for archery
I am part of an archery organization in which, for training purposes and competitions 3D foam animal targets are used. Is this permissible? Can the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Dec 2024
Playing an indoor sport on a "lose to pay" basis
We play indoor net cricket, which has the per hour payment. We usually play on "lose to pay" basis, that the losing team will pay 100% of the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Dec 2024
Futile games
Is this gambling: Person A says to person B: If I catch you, you have to give me a prize (and there was no mention that if person A does not catch…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Camperdown4 Dec 2024
Content Writer Developing a Video Game
Asalam o alaikum. I’m a content writer by profession and also a Quran student. Recently, I have been given some games to write about. The topics I…
Rukunuddin Bin Jahangir - Mufti Online2 Nov 2024
Playing sports in the masjid
Can children play ball in the masjid and what is the proof of it?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Jul 2024
Building a health and fitness platform for trainers
If I build a platform regarding health and fitness where trainers and coaches can build communities and teach them. So if they expose their aurah…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville7 Jul 2024
Board Games, Table-Tennis Etc.
Is it permissible to play board games such as ludo, monopoly, snakes and ladders etc. What is the Sharee Principle regarding these games?
- Mufti Online29 Apr 2024
Making wrestling into a sport
What is the ruling regarding wrestling? Some argue that it is a sport which Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) wrestled but did Nabi (sallallahu…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Apr 2024
Playing games like Brawl Stars, Fortnite, and Roblox
Are games like Brawl Stars, Fortnite, and Roblox haraam? I believe so because there's music in them and 3d images/sculptures of living beings which…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville23 Mar 2024
Participating In A Sporting Event Sponsored By The Lottery And A Bank
I am currently taking part in a sports activity which is part funded by the National Lottery, which is deemed haram by the ulema, in which I wanted…
- Mufti Online25 Feb 2024
Sports betting
Is it acceptable to engage in sports betting? Sports betting involves wagering money on predictions of sports outcomes, such as a player's…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood10 Feb 2024
Playing games while reciting Quraan Sharif
If a Haafidh is reading Quraan to his wife in preparation for Taraweeh, can he also play games on his phone while he is reciting?
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb - Mufti Online22 Jan 2024
Not fasting in the month of Ramadhaan on account of taking part in a soccer event
The company I work for hosts a soccer event once a year for all African countries and this year the event falls in Ramadaan. They have tried their…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood22 Jan 2024
Definition of ‘Kuffar sports’
A friend recently forwarded a fatwa by Mufti Ibrahim Ahmed which states: “Sports such as pedal tennis, soccer, cricket etc. are Kuffar sports which…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville20 Jan 2024
Sports Days
I wanted to find out if it is permissible for a madressa to have a sports day at a grounds where although the women and men are separate they can…
- Mufti Online18 Jan 2024
Adult playing sports
Is it haraam to play soccer or cricket with the awrah covered and only amongst men even when I make time for ibaadat and follow fardh and sunnat?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Dec 2023
Woman going to a gym that has a separate female section
I would like to know if going to gym that has a separate lady’s section which is closed off and we cannot be seen at all and there are only females…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood7 Dec 2023
Playing video games
There is a game that has a picture of a person on the corner of the menu screen, and when you go in the actual game, there are no pictures. Would…
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online8 Nov 2023
Playing cricket and earning from it
I have some question related to cricket, professional cricket and earning from it whether it is halaal or haraam. 1. Today, league cricket is going…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2023
Padel Tennis
Padel tennis is taking our society by storm. It is being promoted as a family game. There are some Padel tennis courts being developed in the Muslim…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood20 Oct 2023
Sporting competitions
What is the ruling regarding sporting events whereby a team pays an entrance fee and the winner wins a certain amount of money. The winner does not…
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online6 Sep 2023
Supporting sports teams and watching sports
Is it permissible for males or females to play sports or to watch it? Similarly, is it permissible to support sport teams?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Aug 2023
Yoga
IS YOGA PERMISSIBLE AS PHYSICAL EXERCISE? I've been diagnosed with ovarian failure and it's been difficult for me to get periods. I was prescribed…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Aug 2023
Training to be a boxer
We are aware that boxing and hitting the face or head isn't allowed. In some places, training is undertaken with headgear and other protection, this…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Jul 2023
Hosting a tennis expo
Under what circumstances is it permissible to host a tennis expo?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Jun 2023
Playing games that contain blasphemy
While playing video games, if the character we are playing utters or does something blasphemous, do we lose our imaan. 1. Does blasphemous talk…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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