I am trying to find any hadiths that can support (and encourage) the argument for muslim men and women to learn to swim.
I have found the following hadiths:
> - "Teach your children swimming, archery and horse riding"
> - "All things in which there is no remembrance of Allah are frivolity and idle play except for four things, and he mentioned teaching another to swim"
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> (At-Tabarani, exact reference unknown, i.e page, book, and hadith number)
I would appreciate it if someone could give an exact reference, including original Arabic, and as well as where the source is listed.
**Edit**
*Another source:*
> “Every activity that does not contain the remembrance of Allaah is
> falsehood and heedlessness, except for a man doing four things:
> Walking between two purposeful goals, grooming his horse, playing with
> his family, or teaching someone to swim.”
According the following website :
> An authentic hadeeth, with varying but similar wordings, collected by
> Ahmad (4/144,146,148,222), Aboo Daawood (3/13), Ibn Maajah (2/940),
> Ad-Daarimee (2/204-205), Al-Haakim (2/95), Al-Bayhaqee (10/13,14,218),
> and many others
Again, I would appreciate if someone could guide me towards confirming these sources.
Asked by imranal
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Nov 14, 2017, 07:50 PM
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