The ruling on betting one hundred riyals if he wins the competition
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The questioner:
If a person says to another, "If you beat me, you get one hundred riyals," and the other person did not stipulate anything, meaning the offer was made by only one party, what is the ruling in this case, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
This.
The questioner:
If a person says to another, "If you beat me, you have one hundred riyals."
The Shaykh:
Whatever he beats him at. It is not permissible to bet and take money except for what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) excluded.
He said: There is no racing, and racing means a prize..
Competitions in archery, or in horse riding to train for jihad, or in camel riding to train for jihad, are permissible to take prizes in. Some scholars included prizes for questions of knowledge and jurisprudence, and memorizing the Qur'an, saying that this falls under jihad in the path of Allah, because seeking knowledge is part of jihad in the path of Allah. Anything other than that is not permissible to take prizes in, because it is consuming wealth by falsehood, and this is gambling.
Gambling is competitions and taking money through competitions, except for what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) excluded. "And do not consume one another's wealth through illegitimate means"[An-Nisa 4:29] [An-Nisa 4:29]. Yes.
If a person says to another, "If you beat me, you get one hundred riyals," and the other person did not stipulate anything, meaning the offer was made by only one party, what is the ruling in this case, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
This.
The questioner:
If a person says to another, "If you beat me, you have one hundred riyals."
The Shaykh:
Whatever he beats him at. It is not permissible to bet and take money except for what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) excluded.
He said: There is no racing, and racing means a prize.
There is no racing except in three: the arrow, the hoof, or the horse.
لا سبق إلا في ثلاث نصل أو خف أو حافرCompetitions in archery, or in horse riding to train for jihad, or in camel riding to train for jihad, are permissible to take prizes in. Some scholars included prizes for questions of knowledge and jurisprudence, and memorizing the Qur'an, saying that this falls under jihad in the path of Allah, because seeking knowledge is part of jihad in the path of Allah. Anything other than that is not permissible to take prizes in, because it is consuming wealth by falsehood, and this is gambling.
Gambling is competitions and taking money through competitions, except for what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) excluded. "And do not consume one another's wealth through illegitimate means"
O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِالْبَاطِلِbut only [in lawful] business by mutual consent
إِلَّا أَن تَكُونَ تِجَارَةً عَن تَرَاضٍ مِّنكُمْ
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الاستقامة على دين الله — alfawzan.live (55:29)
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