The Al-Jaridah Short Message Competition
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is a competition in the Al-Jazirah newspaper, consisting mostly of religious questions. They do not require purchasing the newspaper or a coupon to win the prize; rather, one writes the answer on a mobile phone message and sends it to a specific number.
Answer:
The mobile phone, the mobile phone, they take the coins, this is it, they take the coins for the call. This is considered gambling, maysir (gambling). You get a car, then you pay five riyals and you get a car that might be worth a hundred thousand. This is gambling and maysir. Their intention with this is to promote the newspaper, to advertise the newspaper. And these cars are not from them; do they take them from the people who pay the coins so that each one, perhaps he will get this car, pays money? This is gambling. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is a competition in the Al-Jazirah newspaper, consisting mostly of religious questions. They do not require purchasing the newspaper or a coupon to win the prize; rather, one writes the answer on a mobile phone message and sends it to a specific number.
Answer:
The mobile phone, the mobile phone, they take the coins, this is it, they take the coins for the call. This is considered gambling, maysir (gambling). You get a car, then you pay five riyals and you get a car that might be worth a hundred thousand. This is gambling and maysir. Their intention with this is to promote the newspaper, to advertise the newspaper. And these cars are not from them; do they take them from the people who pay the coins so that each one, perhaps he will get this car, pays money? This is gambling. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/132 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:13:41)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.