The Ruling on Exchanging Gifts During the Festival with a Fixed Value and by Lot
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Question:
We begin with a general question received from a female questioner addressed to Your Eminence. The questioner says: Shaykh, we, a group of girls, have agreed to exchange gifts during the festival. We agree on the value of the gift, for example, two hundred riyals. Each one brings a gift worth two hundred riyals, no more and no less, but the quality of the gifts varies. Whoever cannot bring a gift puts two hundred riyals in an envelope instead of the gift. Then we exchange the gifts by drawing lots, so that each of us gives a gift to another. Is this permissible?
Answer:
This is not permissible because it involves compelling the gift. A gift is a voluntary act and does not involve compulsion.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
We begin with a general question received from a female questioner addressed to Your Eminence. The questioner says: Shaykh, we, a group of girls, have agreed to exchange gifts during the festival. We agree on the value of the gift, for example, two hundred riyals. Each one brings a gift worth two hundred riyals, no more and no less, but the quality of the gifts varies. Whoever cannot bring a gift puts two hundred riyals in an envelope instead of the gift. Then we exchange the gifts by drawing lots, so that each of us gives a gift to another. Is this permissible?
Answer:
This is not permissible because it involves compelling the gift. A gift is a voluntary act and does not involve compulsion.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (143) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1437-11-21] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (3:22)
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