Sports & Games

Q: Is body building allowed in Islam for stamina and self confidence? It is not for showing off.

Q:

1. Many youngsters play a game where every participant puts money and the winner of the game gets all the money is this permissible?
2. In the above situation if its not permissible, how would the game be permissible where the participants of the game put in money?
3. Is it permissible to play games like snakes and ladders?
4. Is it permissible to use a dice when playing board games?

Q: I have been practising mixed martial arts for self defence reasons, but I wonder if it's a good idea to be entered into a mixed Martial arts competition, such as the UFC and to compete and to prove Muslims are not people who can be just pushed over. We have men who are capable of physically defending ourselves. But this is something small to why I want to enter into Mixed martial arts, I want to spread Dawah, and earn fame and recognition Insha Allah to better the cause of the Ummah and the needy and the orphans and to become a spokesperson for my brothers and sisters in the realm of mixed martial arts.

Q: Can one can do body building? 

Q: Is bungee jumping permissible because I have heard that due to it having similarities with the aspect of suicide it will not be permissible?

Q: Is it permissible for Muslims to fly kites as a form of relaxation or play? Is it imitation of non-Muslims?

Q: Is it permissible to play the game draught?