What is the ruling on festivals held in the name of camel beauty contests, and what is the ruling on collecting money for them?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on festivals held in the name of camel beauty contests? And what is the ruling on collecting money for them and participating with them in them?

Answer:
This is not permissible for two reasons. The first reason is that it involves wasting money without right.
And these competitions have no basis. It is not permissible to take a prize except in a competition that aids in jihad in the cause of Allah, such as riding camels, riding horses, or archery.
Archery with weapons is training for jihad, and it is permissible to take a prize for this. He said: because these are means of jihad in the cause of Allah. Training in them is training for jihad in the cause of Allah. As for anything other than that, it is not permissible to take prizes, and it is consuming wealth by falsehood, and it is gambling and betting.
This is one point. The second is that this revives matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, such as boasting about tribes and cursing other tribes. So it revives the rituals of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. This thing must be prevented. Yes.