I’ve been doing yoga (on and off) for a little under 2 decades. I’ve been through 3 pregnancies but, looking at me, you wouldn’t think that… if i do say so myself.
I practice yoga for the sake of my health (amongst many other physical disciplines) and as far as i am aware, there is no such imposition in Islam from seeking good health.
PS: Don’t be a douche (whoever wishes to reply) by saying red wine is good for your health, therefore you must drink that as well. For all you know, maybe i do.
PS2: Many martial arts stem from Buddhism, shall i stop practising those as well?
Now go get your eman checked from a mullah. You need to renew your certificate of eman. You need to say kalima again in front of a Certified and Accredited Alim.
Round tidds But most of the ladies (with 3+ children) i know have resorted to tummy tucks though
I don’t think we need to give our people another reason to NOT exercise…we should be encouraging our people to get up and MOVE around, instead of leading such sedentary lifestyles!!! What next; the treadmill is haraam because it was invented by a kuffar?
And comparing yoga to HGH or steroids is hardly appropriate. Yoga, like I said is just exercise (like lifting weights) to improve your physical performance. HGH adds additional hormones to help your recover and build muscle faster. I say additional because doing a heavy set of squats or sprints will also naturally increase HGH production in your body for a few hours.
I’m assuming most of the players in the article above are christian and do not believe in Hinduism, yet they practice it for physical benefits.
There is a physical and spiritual aspect to yoga. That’s the point I was making. My grandfather was pretty scholarly and I skimmed through a book on yoga describing not only the physical exercises but the spirituality behind it; what yogis believe the spirit is made of, elements of the body, things like that. Do I believe that stuff? No. I actually don’t even practice yoga.
Again, if you practice the spiritual, religious aspect of yoga, then yeah it’s probably not Islamic. If you just do some of the exercises, I don’t see the problem. But if you’re really religious then you might. I actually just googled this topic and even on some websites, (supposed) Islamic experts also say that if you do it just for the exercise they don’t see the harm in it.
I mean, what if a certain stretch after exercising is too close to a yoga pose? Did you just commit sin? Doesn’t that sound a little ridiculous to you?
I personally see no problems with yoga interfering with my faith, despite the fact that I don't really believe in its physical usefulness. What bothers me is how people react when someone points out if its unislamic, with reasoning. I mean no one is forcing you to stop it, why call someone an extremist if he merely pointed out its unislamic?
It all stemed from the fatwa against yoga given by Malaysian scholars in 2008. I guess its upto the individual. If you are not saying ohm etc. it could be ok. http://warkah.com/yoga-haram-for-muslims/
So from all of your discussions (minus a few), it seems that yoga has its roots from the Hindu religion. There certainly are benefits in yoga but one must not forget that by practicing yoga, you are stepping into a religious conflict???
Yes and no.
Explanation is here:
Conflct arise when one is not clear minded. (Yes)
If one is clear of religious boundaries then conflict does not arise. (No)
The essence of it lies in that some people just love to creat a blurry boundary and try to stay there and then wish other people also follow their confused minds.
Yoga is not Islamic no matter how one tries logic or excuse to proves otherwise.
Leave this forum or I shall banish you 
But most of the ladies (with 3+ children) i know have resorted to tummy tucks though 
