Restricting Qur'anic prizes to a specific group
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The questioner:
And another says: On a paper written regarding preferring one group over another in Qur'anic prizes and others? And some of the prizes that are allocated by the doers of good, the authorities, and others, specifically for Qur'an competitions and contests for boys and youth, are given to a specific group of people to the exclusion of others. What is your view (may Allah preserve you) on that? And is it permissible for the donor of Qur'anic prizes to stipulate that they be restricted to a group of Muslim men to the exclusion of another group?
The Shaykh:
The donor, the donor who volunteers, he is free to choose. If he wants to make the prizes for men or for women, or for the Saudi, or
The questioner:
I mean, I mean, sometimes I say this is for a specific group, for the sons of a specific country.
The Shaykh:
But there is no [objection].
The questioner:
This is for the Jordanians.
The Shaykh:
Then he donates, giving to whoever is called, and leaving whoever is called, then he donates.
The questioner:
Even if the sons of another group win. The donor acts as he sees fit.
The Shaykh:
In what he sees, perhaps the donor gives something and then withdraws it.
And another says: On a paper written regarding preferring one group over another in Qur'anic prizes and others? And some of the prizes that are allocated by the doers of good, the authorities, and others, specifically for Qur'an competitions and contests for boys and youth, are given to a specific group of people to the exclusion of others. What is your view (may Allah preserve you) on that? And is it permissible for the donor of Qur'anic prizes to stipulate that they be restricted to a group of Muslim men to the exclusion of another group?
The Shaykh:
The donor, the donor who volunteers, he is free to choose. If he wants to make the prizes for men or for women, or for the Saudi, or
The questioner:
I mean, I mean, sometimes I say this is for a specific group, for the sons of a specific country.
The Shaykh:
But there is no [objection].
The questioner:
This is for the Jordanians.
The Shaykh:
Then he donates, giving to whoever is called, and leaving whoever is called, then he donates.
The questioner:
Even if the sons of another group win. The donor acts as he sees fit.
The Shaykh:
In what he sees, perhaps the donor gives something and then withdraws it.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 57 — archive.org (20:57)
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