The thirteenth protocol in “Protocol?t Hukam?’ Suhy?n” is a hard evidence on this. It states: “ ... and in order to keep crowds in their walking through the abys of astray, knowing nothing about the serious issues that concern them nor what should they be establishing, we are going to occupy them with trivial things, through establishing ways of fun, developing exciting games, various kinds of sports and encouraging them build great palaces and fascinating buildings, all with the help of mass media inviting crowds to sport matches, art galleries ... ’ etc. (1)
Dear brother, your enemies plan to lead you astray that you never see “light”. Through abandoning the Jumu‘ah Sal?t, you are helping them achieve this purpose and hence a seal [be cast] on your heart that it no more receives goodness nor All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) mercy touches it; consequently, it becomes impure and an absorbent of every evil. Indeed, we seek All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) refuge from all this.
The apparent meaning of the aforementioned Ah?d?th is that whoever does not present himself on Friday Sal?t three times without having any Shar‘ excuse, his heart will be sealed and one will be of those gh?fil?n and hypocrites. These three times are not necessarily successive ones, they could be separate - as some
(1) “Brotocol?t Hukam?’ Suhy?n” (vol. 1 / p. 258, P. ‘Aj?j Nuwaihid), and for more details about the negative effects of football matches, see “Mushkil?t Ash-Shab?b F? Daw’ Al-Isl?m” (p. 89) by Abdil Hal?m ‘Uweis, and “Al-Hay?t Al-Ijtim?‘iyyah Fit Tafk?r Al-Isl?mi” (p. 35) by Ahmad Shalab?.
It is worth mentioning here that Isl?m urges Muslims to practice sport individually or with others in order to build up their bodies’ strength. Football matches serves but little part of this purpose. It is even worse that some people in our Islamic countries call for applying the betting system in football matches as a way of saving some sport clubs from bankruptcy. Would such voices repent to All?h ( - عز وجل -) and go back again to the straight path.
The British sport experts have been calling for eliminating the betting systems in sports for this would help stop riots from taking place - which have become a distinctive feature of the British matches from which no match could escape. Besides, this system destroys the basic principle of sport; namely wishing the winner more success and the looser good luck.
But what really happens is the opposite; exchanging insults, showering others with stones and chairs and hitting the referees.
See: “Al-Muslim?n” magazine (issue no. 124), 30th, Shaww?l, 1407.