Faraz Rabbani – Weekly Q&A What Falls under Idle Entertainment
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What is Idol Entertainment, Lahoo, in modern times?
And is watching sports such as MMA and
soccer in Ramadan,
Lahoo?
Firstly,
you know, there's
is that which is without
benefit
that which is without benefit.
Now some rest, some relaxation
is permissible.
However, the content of how one rests and
relaxes needs to be permissible. Right? And
things like MMA have, you know, striking the
face and many other components that are certainly
far from what would be considered
beneficial or wholesome modes of entertainment.
So one should be avid for what benefits.
That's how change happens when one
develops a purpose in life.
Right? How does one
leave
the things that are not of benefit?
By having a sense of purpose in life.
The seeker,
is the one who is seeking Allah, right?
Truly you have
in the messenger of Allah the most beautiful
of examples. For whom?
For whoever seeks Allah
and the last day.
So in order
to be
of those who
in order to be of those who
have focus in life
right and who leave the blame worthy
one needs to
busy oneself
with the beneficial one needs to
busy oneself
with the beneficial
and that's
a challenge
in our lives, right? That's a challenge
in our lives,
right? But that is where you, one must
reflect that how am I spending my time?
What am I doing?
Right?
To get rid of the things that don't
benefit.
So if you find yourself busying yourself with
the useless,
right, sometimes we have to pause and take
ourselves to account. Our prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said
The smart person is the one who takes
themselves to account.
And then
acts for what comes after this life.
Alright. So let's be of the smart