What is the ruling on holding sports, cultural, and scientific competitions?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh says: In the hadith of the Prophet, Does this hadith imply the prohibition of racing and holding competitions in other matters, such as sports, cultural, or scientific competitions? And if a prize is awarded, is it permissible to make it money or a legislative reward?

Answer:
Yes. The hadith is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Racing is only with the arrow, the hoof, or the horse. The "ba" refers to the money taken for the competition, the "nasil" is archery, whether it is archery at any time according to its measure, the "khaf" is the camel, and the "hafir" is the horse, because these are means of jihad in the path of Allah. Archery, horseback riding, and camel riding are among the means of jihad. So training for them and encouraging them is among the means of training for jihad in the path of Allah. Therefore, it is permissible to take compensation for them, to take the prize for them. As for anything other than these three, the wagers and the money that enters into wagers and contests, they are from the dead (forbidden) and are not permissible. Yes.
It is wrong, and the wrong is gambling. It is not permissible except in what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation for, because the restriction is: there is no racing except in these three. It is not permissible to take compensation in anything other than these three. Some scholars included in these three competitions on scientific questions, Islamic knowledge, because this is from jihad in the path of Allah, because learning knowledge is from jihad in the path of Allah. So it is permissible to take the prize for the scientific questions posed to students. And anything other than that is not permissible, and it is the forbidden gambling and maysir (gambling), because it is consuming wealth by falsehood.