The ruling on collecting money from tribe members for a poet’s award ceremony
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Question:
Meaning, the participation of the tribe does not affect the sincerity. This questioner says: Some satellite channels hold competitions among poets, and when one of them wins, his tribe holds an award ceremony. This naturally requires them to invite other tribes to attend this ceremony, and consequently, they ask the members of the tribe to collect money. Some pay it willingly, while others pay it, of course, feeling embarrassed or forced, so that they are not called stingy. What is your guidance for these people?
Answer:
This is all invalid, and it is consuming the wealth of people through falsehood. It stirs up tribalism and the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) spirit. Therefore, it is obligatory to prevent this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
But the question, of course, is that it is not permissible to take this money and collect it from people. All right.
Meaning, the participation of the tribe does not affect the sincerity. This questioner says: Some satellite channels hold competitions among poets, and when one of them wins, his tribe holds an award ceremony. This naturally requires them to invite other tribes to attend this ceremony, and consequently, they ask the members of the tribe to collect money. Some pay it willingly, while others pay it, of course, feeling embarrassed or forced, so that they are not called stingy. What is your guidance for these people?
Answer:
This is all invalid, and it is consuming the wealth of people through falsehood. It stirs up tribalism and the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) spirit. Therefore, it is obligatory to prevent this matter. Yes.
The presenter:
But the question, of course, is that it is not permissible to take this money and collect it from people. All right.
Source
لقاء مع المعلمين بالطائف 1434هـ — alfawzan.live (30:27)
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