Linkages of Sports Activities with Spirituality and Religiosity of Community: The Case in Muslim Majority Country

DOI

10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.93How to use a DOI?

Keywords

spirituality, religiosity, Islam, sports

Abstract

Sports and physical exercises have historical linkages with Islam. Spirituality and religiosity in Islam goes hand to hand in Islam. Islam advocates strong connection between spiritual well-being of Muslims and sports. In this article, emphasis was laid and an effort was made to find out how spiritual education and sports can benefit Muslims in preserving their faith and religion. This article will discuss the Prophetic injunctions regarding the importance of physical fitness in our lives. The opinions of the great scholars of Islam regarding physical fitness and eating habits will also be touched in here. Sports is now a days an important aspect of life of an individual and communities are devoting considerable time on sports and exercise. In Islam to be physically active and fit has number of religious, spiritual and social benefits. Sports and spirituality has very strong relationship in Islam. Person who are involved in sport possess the strength to undertake physical acts of ‘ibadat like salat or hajj. There are number of studies that shows spirituality and religiosity are very important and effective to improve overall health of a person. Spiritualty should be included and integrated with the lifestyle of a person; it should be embedded in soul. However, spirituality and religiosity is an individualistic concept, which enables a person to connect himself and his soul to the creator the Allah.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science (YISHPESS 2018) and 1st Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports (CoIS 2018)
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