Is it permissible to distribute gifts to children in the Eid prayer area to encourage them to attend?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is your view on what some people do, which is distributing gifts to children in the Eid prayer area after the Eid prayer ends, to encourage them to attend and witness it?
Answer:
Nothing is done in the Eid prayer area except the prayer. As for distributing wedding gifts and distributing dates, this is among the additions that have no basis and no evidence.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: What is your view on what some people do, which is distributing gifts to children in the Eid prayer area after the Eid prayer ends, to encourage them to attend and witness it?
Answer:
Nothing is done in the Eid prayer area except the prayer. As for distributing wedding gifts and distributing dates, this is among the additions that have no basis and no evidence.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [ 3436/436] هل يجوز توزيع الهدايا على الأطفال في مصلى العيد لترغيبهم في حضوره؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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