Competitions other than the three and Abu Bakr’s wager
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Question:
Ibn al-Qayyim says that he relied on the statement that it is permissible to take a wager on other than the three mentioned in the hadith, on other than the three mentioned in the hadith.
Answer:
We say that he relied on the hadith of Abu Bakr’s wager regarding the victory of the Romans. We say that this hadith is not authentic. This hadith is not suitable for use as evidence. And I do not think Ibn al-Qayyim used it as evidence. Because when Ibn Kathir cited it, he clarified that it is not authentic and is not established. But Ibn al-Qayyim analogized this to the wagers taken on the means of jihad, and said that knowledge is jihad in the path of Allah. This is Ibn al-Qayyim’s view.
Ibn al-Qayyim says that he relied on the statement that it is permissible to take a wager on other than the three mentioned in the hadith, on other than the three mentioned in the hadith.
Answer:
We say that he relied on the hadith of Abu Bakr’s wager regarding the victory of the Romans. We say that this hadith is not authentic. This hadith is not suitable for use as evidence. And I do not think Ibn al-Qayyim used it as evidence. Because when Ibn Kathir cited it, he clarified that it is not authentic and is not established. But Ibn al-Qayyim analogized this to the wagers taken on the means of jihad, and said that knowledge is jihad in the path of Allah. This is Ibn al-Qayyim’s view.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 15 من 36|الصوم عن المحرمات|مواعظ وكلمات في الحرم المكي|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:52)
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