The Ruling on Competitions Based on Paid Telephone Messages
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: Competitions are held that require the contestant to send a message on his mobile phone in order to be entered into the draw.
Answer:
This is Qamar. This is Qamar, because they take the value of the call, and they take from this person and that person, and they collect from the callers, and they give them a prize from some of what they obtain from the calls. This is Qamar.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. The questioner says: Competitions are held that require the contestant to send a message on his mobile phone in order to be entered into the draw.
Answer:
This is Qamar. This is Qamar, because they take the value of the call, and they take from this person and that person, and they collect from the callers, and they give them a prize from some of what they obtain from the calls. This is Qamar.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2074] حكم المسابقات القائمة على الرسائل الهاتفية المدفوعة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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