The
relationship between the
players and their club is an
issue left for the
administration of the club and
its players to decide.
It is
legally permissible for
players to move from one team
to another for a salary agreed
upon by the two parties. This
is because the players gets
their due payment for using
their experience, skills, and
efforts for the new team they
are moving to. They are also
supposed to devote all their
efforts to serving the new
team and gaining victories for
it.
It is
permissible in Islam to
receive wages for offering
one's experience. Doctors, for
example, receive wages for
using their medical experience
in treating patients. The same
applies also to engineers,
lawyers, teachers, and every
person from whose profession
people benefit.
**Sheikh `Abdul-`Azeem
Al-Mat`ani is a professor
at Al-Azhar University's
faculty of Arabic Language.