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SportsAs stated in Sunan AbiDa’ud:Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir:I heard the Apostle of Allahsay: Allah, Most High, willcause three persons to enterParadise for one arrow:the maker when he has agood motive in making it,the one who shoots it, andthe one who hands it; soshoot and ride, but yourshooting is dearer to methan your riding. Everythingwith which a man amuseshimself is vain except three(things): a man’s trainingof his horse, his playingwith his wife, and hisshooting with his bow andarrow. If anyone abandonsarchery after becomingan adept through distastefor it, it is a blessing he hasabandoned; or he said:for which he has beenungrateful.[1]Mufti Ahmed E Bemat.,Islam and Games,Tadkeshwar, Surat, Gujrat,India, Translated into Englishfrom Gujrati by Prof. MurtazHusain F. Quraishi, Navsari,Gujrat, India, (1989),Some scholars believe thatpolo originated among theIranian tribes sometimebefore the 6th century BC.Once played by groups ofsoldiers and nomads, polobecame the “sport of kings”and the wealthy during theMiddle Ages. [4]Twentieth CenturyThroughout the twentiethcentury, Muslim countrieshave been involved ininternational athleticsevents like the Olympicsand have achieved somesuccess. The Organizationof the Islamic Conferenceestablished the IslamicSolidarity Games[5] as ameans of encouragingcooperation among Muslimstates. The first Games[6]were held in 1980 in İzmir,Turkey and includedboth men’s and women’sResearch by: DubaiSun TeamRevised by: Mohamed hamamtrack-and-field eventswith participation fromnine countries and oneunofficial country (Algeria,Bahrain, Libya, Malaysia,Morocco, Pakistan, SaudiArabia, Turkey and theTurkish Republic of NorthernCyprus). The next Gameswere due to be held inSaudi Arabia in 1983 butno details are availableon whether they tookplace. However, an IslamicWomen’s Games were heldin 1993, 1997, and 2001 inTehran, Iran.Most recently, the IslamicSolidarity Games[7] wereheld in 2005 in Mecca, SaudiArabia.Reference: By: Sheikh`Atiyyah Saqr is a formerhead of Al-Azhar FatwaCommittee.An Islamic Periodical Magazine - Issue No 18 June 2010 29