What If Someone Says That If He Scores in a Soccer Game, He Has to Pray?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
If a person has a thought in his head, such as if he scores this shot, it means Allah says he has to pray Dhuhr. But he doesn’t believe that whether he scored or missed depends on whether he has to pray or not, and he still takes the shot. Does this take the person out of the fold of Islam? This person suffers from waswasa too.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are well.
This is just a whisper from Shaytan that makes you think this way. One has to perform Dhuhr and all the prayers because of the command of Allah (Most High) as a means to make us acknowledge Him, remember Him, and ultimately get closer to Him. This is why we need to perform the prayers and train our minds to believe this way. Keep the following verses in mind about prayers.
“It is truly I. I am Allah! There is no god (worthy of worship) except Me. So worship Me (alone), and establish prayer for My remembrance.” [Quran, 20:14]
“Say, ‘Surely my prayer, my worship, my life, and my death are all for Allah—Lord of all worlds. He has no partner. So I am commanded, and so I am the first to submit.’” [Quran, 6:162-163]
Related:
Prayer Reader: The Ultimate Guide To Prayer in Islam
A Reader on OCD and Waswasa (Baseless Misgivings)
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
