Prizes Associated with Competitions in Games and the Like
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Praise be to Allah alone, and may blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. And after that: Based on the frequent arrival of questions to this Authority regarding the ruling on prizes associated with competitions in games and the like, including the following question, the text of which is: I submit this petition to Your Eminence due to what I witnessed at one of the entertainment sites, specifically at al-Thumamah; where there are shops with games of various prices, ranging from (5) riyals to approximately (200) riyals. The owners of these shops have placed a fee of
(10) riyals, whereby the participant throws a ball several times into a net placed on the wall. If the ball enters this net three times, one receives a prize worth (200) riyals; if it enters twice, one receives a prize worth (70) riyals, for example; and if the ball does not enter or enters only once, one receives nothing. (This is a summary). As for the types of these games, they are as follows: 1 - Throwing a ball into openings on the wall. 2 - Throwing a ball into a wall net. 3 - Firing a bullet from a rifle and hitting the target. 4 - Attempting to pass through a spring with a rod without touching it. 5 - Selecting numbers of cities, actors, and players, and searching for their names in closed boxes by guessing. 6 - Throwing a small ball at a box containing numbers, where each number carries the name of a gift, noting that some numbers carry the name "Street," and they all operate by the same first method. Therefore, our hope in Allah and then in Your Eminence is great that a fatwa be issued on this matter to inform people of this practice, whether it is lawful or forbidden, so that the benefit reaches everyone. .
The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has answered that these prizes associated with these games and similar commercial and media competitions, in their various forms, are not permissible to give or take; because they are from gambling (maysir) which Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and they are from consuming the wealth of people without right. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1700Hasan (Darussalam) Thus, the Prophet permitted taking prizes for racing in these three categories; because they are among the means of jihad in the path of Allah. And because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) restricted taking prizes to these, it indicates that it is not permissible to take them in competitions of their kind. And because the original ruling regarding the wealth of people is the prohibition of taking it without a legal right. An article was issued by His Eminence Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) dated 15/7/1402 AH, the text of which reads: It has been observed that some institutions and commercial shops publish advertisements in newspapers and elsewhere offering prizes to those who buy from their displayed goods, which entices people to buy from this shop rather than another, or to buy goods they do not need, in the hope of obtaining one of these prizes. And since this is a type of gambling forbidden by the Shari'ah, leading to the consumption of people's wealth without right, and because of the enticement and the cause it creates in promoting one's goods and causing the stagnation of similar goods of others who did not gamble as he did; therefore, I wished to alert readers that this practice is forbidden, and the prize obtained through this method is forbidden; because it is from
the gambling forbidden by the Shari'ah, which is gambling. A fatwa was issued by the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta, number (18172), dated 15/10/1416 AH, forbidding the competitions published by some newspapers for the purpose of promoting them and advertising for them. And a fatwa number (20656), dated 6/11/1419 AH, forbidding the prizes placed inside cans and goods to attract customers to buy those cans and goods, and to divert them from buying the goods of others who did not do what they did. And that this is not permissible by the Shari'ah, but rather it is from the gambling which Allah has forbidden, due to the excessive uncertainty (gharar) and ignorance involved. A decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars, number (162), dated 26/2/1410 AH, regarding the ruling on competitions held by some companies and advertised in media to seek large amounts of money without compensation, relying on deceiving and misleading the general public. The Council held that this is from consuming the wealth of people without right; because every participant pays a sum of money as a risk, and he does not know whether he will receive a return or not, and this is gambling. And that all these competitions of this type are from gambling, which is forbidden by the Shari'ah. So upon the Muslims who pay a little money to obtain more than it, and upon those who resort to these forbidden tricks to promote their goods, newspapers, and the like, is the obligation to repent to Allah and adhere to the lawful path
for earning and seeking sustenance. May Allah guide everyone to know the truth and act upon it, He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive. And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Praise be to Allah alone, and may blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. And after that: Based on the frequent arrival of questions to this Authority regarding the ruling on prizes associated with competitions in games and the like, including the following question, the text of which is: I submit this petition to Your Eminence due to what I witnessed at one of the entertainment sites, specifically at al-Thumamah; where there are shops with games of various prices, ranging from (5) riyals to approximately (200) riyals. The owners of these shops have placed a fee of
(10) riyals, whereby the participant throws a ball several times into a net placed on the wall. If the ball enters this net three times, one receives a prize worth (200) riyals; if it enters twice, one receives a prize worth (70) riyals, for example; and if the ball does not enter or enters only once, one receives nothing. (This is a summary). As for the types of these games, they are as follows: 1 - Throwing a ball into openings on the wall. 2 - Throwing a ball into a wall net. 3 - Firing a bullet from a rifle and hitting the target. 4 - Attempting to pass through a spring with a rod without touching it. 5 - Selecting numbers of cities, actors, and players, and searching for their names in closed boxes by guessing. 6 - Throwing a small ball at a box containing numbers, where each number carries the name of a gift, noting that some numbers carry the name "Street," and they all operate by the same first method. Therefore, our hope in Allah and then in Your Eminence is great that a fatwa be issued on this matter to inform people of this practice, whether it is lawful or forbidden, so that the benefit reaches everyone. .
The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has answered that these prizes associated with these games and similar commercial and media competitions, in their various forms, are not permissible to give or take; because they are from gambling (maysir) which Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and they are from consuming the wealth of people without right. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No stake is acceptable except in archery, racing a camel, and racing a horse.
لا سبق إلا في نصل أو خف أو حافرthe gambling forbidden by the Shari'ah, which is gambling. A fatwa was issued by the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta, number (18172), dated 15/10/1416 AH, forbidding the competitions published by some newspapers for the purpose of promoting them and advertising for them. And a fatwa number (20656), dated 6/11/1419 AH, forbidding the prizes placed inside cans and goods to attract customers to buy those cans and goods, and to divert them from buying the goods of others who did not do what they did. And that this is not permissible by the Shari'ah, but rather it is from the gambling which Allah has forbidden, due to the excessive uncertainty (gharar) and ignorance involved. A decision was issued by the Council of Senior Scholars, number (162), dated 26/2/1410 AH, regarding the ruling on competitions held by some companies and advertised in media to seek large amounts of money without compensation, relying on deceiving and misleading the general public. The Council held that this is from consuming the wealth of people without right; because every participant pays a sum of money as a risk, and he does not know whether he will receive a return or not, and this is gambling. And that all these competitions of this type are from gambling, which is forbidden by the Shari'ah. So upon the Muslims who pay a little money to obtain more than it, and upon those who resort to these forbidden tricks to promote their goods, newspapers, and the like, is the obligation to repent to Allah and adhere to the lawful path
for earning and seeking sustenance. May Allah guide everyone to know the truth and act upon it, He is the All-Hearing, the Responsive. And may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
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