The ruling on purchasing players' contracts for millions of riyals
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling, from the perspective of the Shari'ah, on what some sports clubs do in purchasing players' contracts for millions of riyals? Is this money permissible for the one who receives it? And is there any guiding word on this matter?
Answer:
This is all consuming wealth unjustly. How can a free person be bought as a player? How can he be bought? If they say he is being hired, he is hired for what? Is there any benefit in playing? This is all not permissible, and it is consuming wealth unjustly.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling, from the perspective of the Shari'ah, on what some sports clubs do in purchasing players' contracts for millions of riyals? Is this money permissible for the one who receives it? And is there any guiding word on this matter?
Answer:
This is all consuming wealth unjustly. How can a free person be bought as a player? How can he be bought? If they say he is being hired, he is hired for what? Is there any benefit in playing? This is all not permissible, and it is consuming wealth unjustly.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1436 -2802] حكم شراء عقود اللاعبين بملايين الريالات - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.