FatwaFederal TerritoriesPrayer (Salah)
AL-KAFI #580 : BERMAIN BOLA KETIKA AZAN
What should a person do when the call to prayer sounds while playing football?
Short answer
Keeping silent and responding to the call to prayer is recommended (sunnah), including repeating the muezzin's words and sending blessings on the Prophet and making the prescribed supplication afterwards.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Keeping silent and responding to the call to prayer is recommended (sunnah), including repeating the muezzin's words and sending blessings on the Prophet and making the prescribed supplication afterwards. A person playing football is advised to pause worldly activity for a while to honour this Islamic observance. Once the matter is done, it is permissible to return to football or other worldly activities.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Hukum mendiamkan dan menjawab azan adalah disunatkan.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #580 : BERMAIN BOLA KETIKA AZAN”, 15 March 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/937-al-kafi-580-bermain-bola-ketika-azan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/playing-football-during-call-to-prayer/