Football Related to Death of Prophet Muhammad's Grandson? Let's See Here

Prolog 

I remember the first time when the author was in college and following various Islamic organizations.

Some say that football has a very dark and disturbing history related to Islam.

Football is juxtaposed with the Karbala incident where the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH was slaughtered and his head was paraded and made into a kicking game by soldiers at that time.

For that reason, they say that football was deliberately introduced to the whole world to boast about the destruction of the Islamic religion so that their group forbids the game of football.

Of course, as a Muslim who loves Prophet Muhammad PBUH and his descendants, we will be emotional and angry when we know the story.

However, it is also important to know that as Muslims, we must not be taklid and receive information as if it were the Absolute word without error. especially if it comes from a human voice

And of course, the author strongly agrees if it is true, football brings a new lifestyle for its fans, including Muslims.

It makes them neglect their prayers, forget God, and prefer to defend the football organization than the Muslim community itself, so they are willing to sacrifice their lives for the pride of the football club.

But all this is a subjective view when it comes to faith, trials, and temptations. Insyaallah we will discuss on another page

But for this time, let's focus on examining the traces and history of football and whether it is actually related to Islam.

This is it "Football Related to Death of Prophet Muhammad's Grandson? Let's See Here"

A short discussion about football

In this era, almost everyone is familiar with the game of football, both men and women. So you could say football is one of the most popular sports or games on this earth. Even FIFA has issued a survey titled FIFA Big Count 2006.

At that time it was known that about 4% of the world's population (or about 270 million people) actively played football.

Meanwhile, according to statistics in 2014 where the World Cup was held, it is known that at that time the audience of football matches from all over the world reached 3.2 billion people! This means that almost half of the world's population at that time watched the biggest football event in the world.

But the big question is, do you know the history of football in the world today? FIFA has actually explained it briefly on their website, but especially for you, we will write it down in more detail.

Episkyros

If it may be claimed, then perhaps the oldest football history on earth is the game of episkyros which was invented by the Ancient Romans.

The game is played by 12 to 14 people on each team, with one ball, and each player may use their hands.

Well, even though the title is a ball game, basically the people who play this game will fight each other like Sparta.

The game at that time was very simple, namely, both teams threw the ball at each other with the aim of the ball being as far away from the team's field zone and in the opponent's zone, while the players made very hard tackles.

However, there is actually no clear evidence of Episkyros' connection to the history of modern football, although there are some relics that show it.

T'su Chu

T'su Chu or Cuju is one of the ancient Chinese ball games that is played both in China, Korea, Japan, to Vietnam. 

This game is considered by FIFA as one of the inspirations for the history of football in the world. This game began in the Ming Dynasty and is now starting to be abandoned.

Just like Episkyros, this game is played by 2 teams of 12-16 players each with one ball. The players who play Cuju are required to kick the ball into the opponent's court zone, with some special rules. In this game, the use of hands is not allowed.

Even in its development, Cuju has given birth to a League with several teams in it, in the 10th century. Recreational players are required to appoint professional players as teachers and pay a certain amount of money to become members.

This can be accepted by the community because it can be a new source of income for the players.

Kemari

Kemari is an ancient Japanese soccer game that appeared 500-600 years after the existence of Cuju and is again claimed by FIFA to be one of the inspirations and related in the history of world football.

Unlike Episkyros and Cuju, this game is still played today even though it is only intended as a recreational sport.

In addition, this game is said to have minimal competitive elements because the players who play Kemari are only required to kick the ball in a small circle and pass it to each other to prevent the ball from falling to the ground. Or in today's language, this game is known as juggling.

History of Modern Football

The history of modern football is said to have started in Great Britain in the 19th century. Initially, the game of folk football was played throughout England in urban and rural areas without any standard rules and even seemed minimal.

The rules of this game first began to be widely discussed after private schools such as Winchester, Charterhouse, and Eton began to hold this game competition until in 1843 the University of Cambridge succeeded in making standardized rules and later named the Cambridge rules.

Until 1863, many clubs made printed rules where the rules were not allowed to use hands. This is what then led to the separation of rugby from football.

Ever-evolving game and rules

The new rules were not initially accepted directly until in 1867 Sheffield joined the English football association to then play a match against a London club with the revised rules.

After that in 1871, 15 clubs were willing to take part in the tournament held by the English Football Association (FA). Then this competition grew until in 1877 the United Kingdom associations agreed to unite 43 teams into one competition. After this competition was unified, the London club's dominance in the FA Cup was lost.

In his journey, England played a major role in the history of world football. It is known that since the 1850s, industrial workers in England, who did have off work on Saturdays, spent many of those days watching or playing football.

This culture grew in popularity and it is known that the number of football spectators in the stadium grew from 4,600 in 1888 to 7,900 in 1895 and 13,200 in 1905.

With the popularity of the game of football, professional systems began to emerge in England. Initially, North English teams started paying working-class players as compensation for their main job “holiday” as well as injury compensation.

But the FA at that time actually issued teams that had "professional" players. However, the practice of "professionalism" was actually growing in England until the 1920s when many teams were owned by certain companies, although in this era football had not become a promising business commodity.

In addition, it should be noted that the new professional league really started in 1932 after the problem of professionalism was solved by adopting it from countries in Latin America.

An organization that regulates football

During the early 20th century it was also recorded in history that the development of football occurred very quickly and was getting faster all the time. This then made many people realize the importance of the existence of a world organization that oversees football.

As a result, in 1904 several countries such as Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland decided to form the Federation Internationale de Football Association or known as FIFA.

One of the problems that FIFA experienced in the early days of its formation was the FA's non-compliance with FIFA as a news organization. In the history of world football, it is even recorded that the FA has been "irritable" several times for several reasons. It was recorded that the FA had left FIFA membership in 1920-1924, 1928-1946.

Since the early days of FIFA's formation, world football has progressed and the competitions held have become more regular and more diverse.

In 1977 and 1985 FIFA first held tournaments for young players under the age of 20, and under the age of 17.

In 1989 FIFA held the first futsal competition, and in 1991 FIFA held the first women's soccer tournament in China. FIFA since that era has continued to create new innovations so that football has become a game that is widely known today.

Conclusion

That is the history of how football was created, apart from rumors that football is known since the massacre and atrocities against Sayyidina Hasan and Husain, grandson of Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

However, we need to take all available sources as references and material for thought to be able to respond to this football wisely both in terms of history, knowledge, and implementation in society.

it's a reference from one source, if there is another source, of course, we can discuss it together.