[TiepayWrary]

Fifa 11 or 12 :-P (though i find it v.hard to do those fancy goals/skill :-(

park walks, nice quite drive (though i drive a banger )

Maybe my car can join the list of bangers too! lol

FIFA 11, im the man for fancy goals and skills bruv!!! used to be an addict on games back in the days. But kind of slowed down on it.

But i do think we Muslims should start to get into physical activities, we have become so unhealthy.

[JacomoR]

I used to do boxing, gym, motorbike riding, go karting, fishing, hunting & play with fast cars..
Alhamdulillah I now spend my time more productively & these days my past hobbies are now something of less interest & only do gym now and fishing/hunting..
My biggest hobby is Islam, I do Arabic classes everyday & practice reciting Quran daily, watch lectures on YouTube also
It also makes me wonder why Muslims are learning languages like Turkish instead of Arabic??

[DextExexy]

walikom assalam,

Reading Islamic books, newspapers, magazines, cooking books.
cooking and baking, I love trying different cultural & countries specific/famous and hotel's hidden recipes. I started cooking when I was small.
I tell sisters, aunties when they ask me about certain recipes otherwise, just cook for my family.
home simple decor.
walk and physical exercise.
Marble painting.
Thinking, sometime over my past, present and future.

[anaisdannyxys]

As salamu alaikum,
Physical hobbies... I love sports, like football (soccer), cricket and I like some athletics too. Tennis, squash, badminton... I love sports I love gaming too, I love the Nintendo Wii - Mario Kart Wii and the Wii Fit Plus are my faves
Intellectual hobbies... learning about other cultures, religions, places, people, etc. I'm almost fluent in Spanish which I have mostly taught myself, with the help of a few other people ma sha Allah. I hope to learn a couple of other languages fluently in the future: French, Arabic, and if my husband and his family in the future speak a foreign language as their mother tongue, I hope to learn that language too, insha'Allah. I'm interested in Italian, too. I know that being fluent in Arabic isn't fardh in Islam obviously, but I would like to learn enough to be able to hold a good conversation with an Arab person, but regarding the Arabic my main wish is to be able to read it (and then write it) fluently, without the help of transliteration insha'Allah. Mind you, the transliteration is helping me pick up a few words and some of the basic grammar rules as I read the Qur'an.

I like to read the Qur'an too - that's a hobby that I like to do most nights. I have Abdullah Yusuf Ali's latest translation, with the Arabic text and transliteration on the side.

One of my New Years resolutions was to go to the mosque most weekends - I'm hoping to go to it today, actually, insha'Allah.

[dabibibff]

i dont get it numerous times on this thread people have wrote they watch sports as a hobby and no one has said anything and i said something about watching sports for like an hour with my dad without watching any haram i got told by 7 people to "stop, be carieful, use ur sense." I DONT GET IT... i have heard maulana taqi usmai say you can watch tv if there is nothing haram..........

[voksveta]

donor meat? what is that?

Donner kebabs, as they are known in the UK. In the states, it's referred to as gyro/shwarma/cart food/"halal food" (though this is questionable, I think in the UK there was a study that showed there was even pork in this meat sometimes. I absolutely don't trust these vendors). I really enjoyed these the first couple of times I was introduced to them about seven years ago. People love it cause it's cheap and "halal", but it is really unhealthy food, and sanitation is also a problem. I would get sick to my stomach often after eating it. Haven't touched it in years, alhamdulillah.

Six kebabs were found to include pork when it had not been declared as an ingredient. Two of the six were described as Halal - food or drink permitted for Muslims, which must not contain pork. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7852168.stm

OK, sorry for going off-topic.

My (secular) hobbies are weightlifting (trying to get into olympic lifting), Spanish language, computer programming, juggling, playing with my nephew.

[DextExexy]

This used to be a very tricky question for me.

By the way what is a hobby?

I liked the way brothr pointed out the meaning of hobby in here.

It is one's spare time activity, a sideline job and not the fundamental goings on in someone's life, as the OP said.
By this definition we can't say doing Tajweed, learning Arabic language, recitation, or doing the translation of Quran, is my hobby as they are not the sideline but the main entries which eventually coalesced to type life. Insha Allah.

@brother Maripat, I don't think, someone can reckon hobbies as time wasting, as long as they are fruitful and intentions dependent as we human beings need transition but that must be good moves.

Wallahu A'lam.

[pIp83Uns]

I used to do boxing, gym, ...

Thank you for your advance notice brother ...

[eocavrWM]

i might take the prize for the most wierd hobby.
GYMNASTCS/YOGA

[Falik]

I've had a number of hobbies. Sometimes I take them up again sometimes I don't depending on time constraints.

My recent ones are photography and yoga and swimming. Yoga has been put on hold until I can find a womans only class again.

These days photography takes up alot of my time. I love taking pictures of flowers and landscapes and also manipulating the images in photoshop. I'm reallly keen on HDR photography these days but unfortunatly I dont have a camera to take these kind of pics so I spend my time learning how - so I'm able to go into the deep end when I upgrade.

I love walking and go for the longest walks and long drives through the country (unfortunately I've not been able to do this for long time)

I also love to travel but this is more dependent on money than time. ... If I can find a cheap holiday, I will definitly make the time

[JacomoR]

Thank you for your advance notice brother ...

Lol brother.

[chinesemedicine]

We have Halal Monitoring Committee in the UK comprising senior Ulama, hence please desist from scaremongering regarding donor meat in the UK. Yes, there are outlets that use pork, but not those that are certified.