The Signs of Sports Practice in Islam through the Hadiths of the Messenger, May God Bless Him and Grant him Peace

Abstract

The history of the philosophy of sport is often confined to the of physical activity in Sparta, Athens..etc, in a way that sport was the preserve of European civilizations only, and on the contrary, we find little information about the physical activity in our Islamic philosophy. This study attempts to trace and inventory many of the honorable prophetic hadiths, and has concluded in the end to the importance of many sports in the era of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and his warning to the practice of these sports.