What is the ruling on media competitions during Ramadan?
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Question:
This person is asking about the competitions on the media, which you highlight during Ramadan to keep people occupied away from the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Qur'an.
Answer:
These competitions are consuming wealth unlawfully, consuming wealth unlawfully, and they are not prescribed, because they occupy people with Ramadan and prevent them from devoting themselves to worship. They want these dirhams, so they become occupied with these competitions and seeking them. Also, their origin is not prescribed in this manner. This manner is not prescribed because it involves lying, deception, and fraud. They say that they buy the answers; it is not that he answers, he searches, he buys the answer. They buy the answers, so those who arrange the competitions write the answers so that they can be sold and bring them profit. It is all consuming wealth unlawfully. And these competitions, these competitions are not... Yes.
This person is asking about the competitions on the media, which you highlight during Ramadan to keep people occupied away from the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of the Qur'an.
Answer:
These competitions are consuming wealth unlawfully, consuming wealth unlawfully, and they are not prescribed, because they occupy people with Ramadan and prevent them from devoting themselves to worship. They want these dirhams, so they become occupied with these competitions and seeking them. Also, their origin is not prescribed in this manner. This manner is not prescribed because it involves lying, deception, and fraud. They say that they buy the answers; it is not that he answers, he searches, he buys the answer. They buy the answers, so those who arrange the competitions write the answers so that they can be sold and bring them profit. It is all consuming wealth unlawfully. And these competitions, these competitions are not... Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم مسابقات وسائل الإعلام في رمضان؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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