Voting for Poets on Satellite Channels
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Question:
This questioner asks about the ruling on the recent phenomenon that has appeared in the last two or three years, which is the voting for certain poets on satellite channels, where every tribe votes for its poet.
Answer:
This is consuming wealth unjustly and stirring up tribal animosities and tribal pride among the tribes. It must be prohibited; this matter must be stopped because it breeds evil among the tribes and pride. We are forbidden from taking pride in lineages and taking pride in tribes. We are forbidden from that. The Muslims are brothers. That is one aspect. The other aspect is that the money and prizes are taken without right. They are not permissible; they are forbidden because they are consuming wealth unjustly.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
This questioner asks about the ruling on the recent phenomenon that has appeared in the last two or three years, which is the voting for certain poets on satellite channels, where every tribe votes for its poet.
Answer:
This is consuming wealth unjustly and stirring up tribal animosities and tribal pride among the tribes. It must be prohibited; this matter must be stopped because it breeds evil among the tribes and pride. We are forbidden from taking pride in lineages and taking pride in tribes. We are forbidden from that. The Muslims are brothers. That is one aspect. The other aspect is that the money and prizes are taken without right. They are not permissible; they are forbidden because they are consuming wealth unjustly.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-003-اجتماع الكلمة وأثره في دفع الفتن|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:25:01)
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