Futuwwa sports
New Wrestling Club with Head Coach and Trainer Alyaydin Milyazimov (Bulgaria) to launch in Liverpool and four other locations in November 2014.
Futuwwa is often translated to chivalry but it carries far-reaching significations than the translation’s literal import. This concept encapsulates the essence of the physical and metaphysical path traversed by all of the prophets. Futuwwa is about inculcating self-discipline and character refinement in alignment with a higher, divine-centred purpose. It also highlights and teaches the aspirant the art of balancing and tempering the human faculties of desire, intellect and anger such that the noble virtues of character are unearthed.
Ultimately futuwwa brings about the possibility of realising the great virtue of Ithaar (preference of others) which is rooted in service and self-sacrifice. This is all facilitated by the practicing of prophetic ‘sports’ which are the mechanisms by virtue of which futuwwa can be assumed.
Some of the sports that are offered include: