Ruling on giving a banquet when a sports team wins.

In our society it has become common for football (soccer) fans to hold
banquets and celebrations when their favourite team wins a tournament
or cup. What is the ruling on these banquets and what is the ruling on
attending them for one who is invited?
Praise be to Allah.
The fatwa on this issue must adopt a middle linebetween the basic
permissibility of such banquets and taking into account the reality of
the situation and the motives that people have concerning such matters
and the consequences to which they may lead, so as to find the right
answer and the moderate approach that will bring good to people and
avoid hardship at the same time. Allah, may He be glorified and
exalted,says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Allah does not want to place you in difficulty, but He wants to
purify you, and to complete His Favour on you that you may be
thankful"
[al-Maa'idah 5:6].
By examining this matterand the motives and consequences of
holdingbanquets and celebrations for the fans of sports teams we will
find many mistakes and things that are contrary to sharee'ah, or at
the least there are many badhabits, including the following:
1.
Wasting money on things that are of no benefit. Allah, may He
beglorified and exalted, will ask us about this blessing and His many
blessings. He will ask us about our wealth, from where it was acquired
and on what it was spent. Ibn Mas'ood (may Allah be pleased with him)
said: Wastefulness means spending inappropriately. Narrated by
at-Tabaraani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabeer, 9/206. We do not think that any
of those who give these banquets claim that they serve a purpose or
are done for an appropriate reason; rather they know that they are
extravagance and excess, and they are a reason to waste one's life in
causes that are of no use. See the answer to question no. 137954
2.
These banquets fill people's hearts with hateful partisanship and they
create resentment in the fans' hearts against one another, so they
increase division amongst people, and increase them in weakness and
decline. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says (interpretation
of the meaning):
"and do not dispute (with one another) lest you lose courage and your
strength depart"
[al-Anfaal 8:46].
3.
As for being a waste of time and sapping the mental and physical
energy of those who follow sports teams, this is something that fills
one with regret and sorrow. We are expecting our ummah torise up and
play a leading role in civilization and play an eminent role in
carrying the beacon of guidance, but when we see these practices we
realise that our dawn is still far off and that our society has not
yet reached the levelrequired to achieve true revival; it will never
reach that level until all the energy of the youth is focused on
constructive efforts. Our backwardness in relation to other
nationsrequires us to increase the time we put into ourefforts and to
focus all our energy in a constructive manner on all fronts.
We do not say that this applies to all fans and we do not say that all
the things they do are haraam; rather there arethings that are
contrary to Islam that we are afraid they will fall into and that
their carelessness may lead them to unknown consequences. If we pause
and think about what has been happening, that is sufficient to realise
how much time has been wasted in irrelevant matters. The Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "No people attend a
gathering in which Allahis not remembered and they do not send
blessings upon their Prophet, but it will be loss and regret for
them;if He wills He will punish them and if He wills He will forgive
them."
Narrated by at-Tirmidhi in as-Sunan, no. 3380. Heincluded it in a
chapter entitled: Chapter on people who sit and do not remember Allah.
Following the report he said: This is a hasan hadeeth. It was
narratedvia more than one isnaad from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him) from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him). End quote.
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, no. 2274
As Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say, "The
worst of food is the foodof a (wedding) feast to which the rich are
invited and the poor are ignored," (narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5177;
Muslim, 1432), it is more apt to say that the worst of food is that to
which people are invited for reasons of hateful partisanship and
illusoryjoy. The fuqaha' stated that it is makrooh to attend banquets
given by people for the purpose of showing off and pride. See Nihaayat
al-Muhtaaj, 6/370. It saysin Kashshaaf al-Qinaa' (5/166): Ibn al-Jawzi
did not allow accepting the invitation of an evildoer or one who
showed off by holding this banquet. The same applies if it involves
any laughing at evildoing or lying, because that constitutes approval
of sin. It also applies if he knows that some evildoers will attend
that banquet, if they are going to speak of haraam things, in which
case the invitation involves something haraam, and if they are going
to speak of makrooh things, then it involves something makrooh.
Endquote.
To sum up: we think thatit is makrooh to hold such banquets and it is
also makrooh to attend them. On our website wehave previously
published a number of fatwas that cover the topic of supporting sports
teams and the bad practices and habits involved. - And Allah knows
best.

Dought & clear, - Is having a nosebleed as death approaches a sign of a good end?.

Is the one who dies of suffocation because of difficulty in breathing
that he had for many years regarded as a martyr? Is having a nosebleed
as death approaches and the soul is taken one of the signs of a good
end?.
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
The martyrs of this ummah are many, praisebe to Allah. The one whois
killed or dies (in jihad)for the sake of Allah is a martyr; the one
who dies defending his wealth or property is a martyr; the one who
dies defending his honour is a martyr; the one who dies of the plague
is a martyr; the one who dies by drowning is a martyr; the one who
dies of pleurisy is a martyr; the one who dies of a stomach ailment is
a martyr; the one who dies by burning is a martyr; the one who dies
under a collapsed wall or building is a martyr; and the woman who dies
in childbirth is a martyr.
See the answer to questions no. 4017 , 93105 and 151904
Secondly:
There is no shar'i evidence – as far as we know – to suggest that the
one who suffers difficulty in breathing then dies as a result of
suffocation is regarded as a martyr, but at-Tabaraani narrated
inal-Mu'jam al-Kabeer (6115) from Salmaan that the Prophet (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Being killed for the sake of
Allah is martyrdom; dying of the plague is martyrdom; dying in
childbirth is martyrdom; being burned to death is martyrdom; drowning
is martyrdom; tuberculosis is martyrdom and dying of a stomach
complaint is martyrdom."
Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami', 3691
Tuberculosis is a disease that affects the lungs in which the person
becomes emaciated and dies.
Al-Mu'jam al-Waseet, 1/445
However, there is no clear indication that the one who dies as a
result of difficulty in breathingis a martyr. The status of martyrdom
is a special status before Allah, and not everyone who dies of
sickness attains it, even if he is one of the righteous close friends
of Allah. Rather it is a status concerning which we adhere to what is
mentioned in the texts, and we do not know of any shar'i text that
suggests that the one who dies as a result of difficulty breathing is
regarded as being one of the martyrs. But there are many other
positionsof virtue and reward before Allah apart from that, and
Allah's bounty towards His slaves is abundant.
Thirdly:
We do not know of any shar'i evidence to suggest that having a
nosebleed as death is approaching is one of the signs of a good end.
The signs of a good end were mentioned by Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah
have mercy on him) in Ahkaam al-Janaa'iz (pp. 34-46). We have
mentioned them in the answer to question no. 10903 , and this is not
one of them.
And Allah knows best.

Voice from the Belly of an Idol, -,Jinn-Spirits

Umar (ra) narrates: "One day, I was present near the idols. An
idol-worshipper slaughtered a calf, by way of making an offering for
the idols. In the meanwhile, all of a sudden, a voice came out of the
belly of a big idol, in these words:
"O strange man! a useful thing is this that an eloquent person says:
There is no god but Allah."
Umar (ra) stated that thepeople ran away gettingfrightened of this
call; but I stayed in order to know the reality of this voice. Second
time, also, the voice was heard. Thus, after some period, it was heard
about Muhammad (sallallahu alayhe wasallam) that heis a Prophet and
teaches that there is no god but Allah.
Source: Sahih Bukhari.
The voice came from a Jinn inside the belly of the idol.

A Group of Jinns meet Prophet Muhammad, -,Jinn-Spirits

It is stated by Imam Baihaqi in "Dalail-e-Nubuwwat" on the authority
of Hadhrat Abdullah ibn Masood (ra)that the Prophet (saw) once, said
to his companions in Makkah:"Whosoever from amongst you desires to see
the jinns, he should come to me tonight." Hadhrat Abdullah ibn Masood
stated that nobody except me came that night. The Prophet (saw) took
me with him to a high hill in Makkah. He drew a circle with his foot
for me and advised me to keep sitting within that circle. Seating
Hadhrat Abdullah ibn Masood within that circle, he advanced ahead and
then stood at a place. There, he started recitation of the Holy Quran.
All of a sudden a big group of jinns encircled the Prophet (saw) and
that group stood as a wall between me and the Prophet (saw) and I
heard the jinns saying: "Who gives evidence that you are the Prophet."
There was a tree nearby. The Prophet (saw) observed:"Will you accept
my claim if this tree gives the evidence?" The jinns said: "Yes, we
shall accept it." On that, the Prophet (saw) called the tree. The tree
came nearby and gave the evidence accordingly and all the jinns
embraced Islam.