Question
Skydiving is a sport in which participants jump or fall from an aircraft at altitude. They can perform an assortment of aerial manoeuvres before deploying a parachute to slow their descent, allowing them to come gently to rest on the ground below. The sport is also known as parachuting as a reference to that vital piece of safety equipment. Is this sport permissible?
Answer
Skydiving as a sport is not permissible. For military training purposes it is permissible. It is not permissible to indulge in any dangerous or any futile activity for the sake of sport. Allah Ta'ala did not create Insaan for play, amusement and sport. Pleasure and 'sport' for the Mu'min will be in Jannat. The
Qur'aan Majeed says: "The life of this world is but play and amusement while the abode of the Aakhirah is best for those who have Taqwa. What! Do you have no sense?"
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