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**sposteTipsKage** · 07-18-2012, 06:52 AM

Bro, going to the gym can be an act of worship also. If you are doing it for the sake of Allah to stay and healthy and fit, which is also a part of Islam.

30 days rest from Gym is not a good hing to do if you go to gym regularly. If you do this then you'll lose all the muscle you had previously gained, so all those days you worked out will have gone to waste. Of course we will also do dhikr and Qur'an recitation and many other good deeds, but we'll have time for the gym also.

True that gymming can be an act of ibaadah, but I feel it's very easy I am doing something that I would do anyway and make it out to be worship. For example, I love doing X and I would do it regardless of whether it could be an act of worship or not. Just as an example, even though it's not very good, I am interested in trying to learn how to lucid dream. As far as I know it's not impermissible to learn how to lucid dream, neither is it something recommended islamically, it's neutral. If suddenly there was a way to make it into an act of ibaadah I would find it really difficult to believe my intentions would suddenly change and the driving force behind me learning it is to worship rather than what I originally intended it to be for.

Note btw the use of I here, I'm not doubting anybody elses intentions at all. It's just I remember creating an awfully long thread about this a long time ago on here somewhere in the fiqh section I think. The aspect of intentions is something I have a lot of trouble with.

Anyways the reason I wrote this was to say for me personally, I would prefer to stick to things where I know I am doing it solely for Allah SWT which if it was to benefit me that's great. Once I can hit that stage with my workouts, where a day will come when I can't be bothered to workout but I will say no I'm doing this for Allah and get up and go workout that's the day I know I'm really doing it for Him and I wouldn't have a problem working out in Ramadhan. As of now, when I can't be bothered, I'm not getting up off this sofa.

07-18-2012, 06:52 AM	#13
sposteTipsKage Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	Bro, going to the gym can be an act of worship also. If you are doing it for the sake of Allah to stay and healthy and fit, which is also a part of Islam. 30 days rest from Gym is not a good hing to do if you go to gym regularly. If you do this then you'll lose all the muscle you had previously gained, so all those days you worked out will have gone to waste. Of course we will also do dhikr and Qur'an recitation and many other good deeds, but we'll have time for the gym also. True that gymming can be an act of ibaadah, but I feel it's very easy I am doing something that I would do anyway and make it out to be worship. For example, I love doing X and I would do it regardless of whether it could be an act of worship or not. Just as an example, even though it's not very good, I am interested in trying to learn how to lucid dream. As far as I know it's not impermissible to learn how to lucid dream, neither is it something recommended islamically, it's neutral. If suddenly there was a way to make it into an act of ibaadah I would find it really difficult to believe my intentions would suddenly change and the driving force behind me learning it is to worship rather than what I originally intended it to be for. Note btw the use of I here, I'm not doubting anybody elses intentions at all. It's just I remember creating an awfully long thread about this a long time ago on here somewhere in the fiqh section I think. The aspect of intentions is something I have a lot of trouble with. Anyways the reason I wrote this was to say for me personally, I would prefer to stick to things where I know I am doing it solely for Allah SWT which if it was to benefit me that's great. Once I can hit that stage with my workouts, where a day will come when I can't be bothered to workout but I will say no I'm doing this for Allah and get up and go workout that's the day I know I'm really doing it for Him and I wouldn't have a problem working out in Ramadhan. As of now, when I can't be bothered, I'm not getting up off this sofa.
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