The ruling on establishing a prize for maintaining the Fajr prayer and dutifulness to parents

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The imam of our mosque announced a monthly prize for the best young man who maintains the Fajr prayer in the mosque, and another prize for the one who is dutiful to his parents. We differed on the permissibility of this; some rejected this prize, while some students of knowledge permitted it, citing the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) .

Answer:
That is in jihad. It has a reason; it is in jihad, to encourage jihad and to make it deserved, because Allah permitted the spoils of war for those who strive in the path of Allah. As for establishing a prize for the one who prays Fajr, and establishing a prize for the one who is dutiful to his parents, this matter has not been preceded by anyone. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it, nor did the Companions, nor did anyone before us do it, as far as I know. So we do not innovate something that has not been preceded by us. We encourage the congregational prayer and warn against abandoning the congregational prayer, and that is sufficient. And if we have authority, we compel [people], if we have authority we compel [people] to the congregational prayer and we discipline the one who neglects it.