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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Academic Competitions and the Source of Funds for Prizes

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The questioner:
The objects of his need, what he intended in the competition, he only bought incidental items, he bought objects, he did not intend the car, but they gave him a number, they said you won the car, this happens a lot,

The Shaykh:
Allah knows best, in this case I am afraid that he is lying, he claims this while he is lying, ah. We have reached the previous one. He warns against deception and fallacy, and they are giving us something for free. Yes.

Another questioner:
Attached items, they lure me into buying, and finally they give me a winter pen, and no balloon, and no ball, and nothing.

The Shaykh:
The intended thing is what is other than the lure, even if it is by giving a small amount, this is from gambling, and if there is no giving of anything in the sale and purchase, leaving it is safer; because it may harm others, and it may harm him too, he may buy things he has no need for, im.

Another questioner:
An absolute need, and that the money is not from the absolute.

The Shaykh:
The correct drink is from them or from others. Yes. Ha.

Another questioner:
Academic competitions, no, it must be from others, the permissibility of academic competitions is conditional that the money is from others?

The Shaykh:
No task from others, even from them if they helped the one who succeeded in such and such, and did not succeed in such and such, there is no doubt, if the teachers helped the successful ones with something from their own, there is no competition, and nothing, may Allah reward them with good,

Another questioner:
If the money is from the competitors, each one puts in one hundred riyals, and the winner of the competition, if the money is from the competitors, if for example he gets higher grades he takes the money, like any group, may Allah keep you safe, the teacher or professor if he asks for anything.

The Shaykh:
You need insurance, yes. May Allah guide you. To write a writing we study, a question is studied if it is from the students they collect it. Yes.

Another questioner:
Even if the competitors are the ones who paid the money. Even if the competitors are the ones who paid.

The Shaykh:
The day of benefit. Yes.

Another questioner:
If the intention.

The Shaykh:
The benefit of the money is from them or its benefit is from others. Yes.

Another questioner:
If the intention is not training for jihad, but the intention is boasting, that my camel won, or my horse won,

The Shaykh:
The original ruling in this is permissibility
There is no racing except in a spear, a horse, or a camelلا سبق إلا فيه نصر أو كفر أو حافر
, the original ruling in it is permissibility for camels, horses, and archery,
Source تفسير القرآن العظيم [ تفسير ابن كثير ]، بداية من قوله - تعالى - : { يا أيها الذين آمنوا إنما الخمر والميسر والأنصاب والأزلام رجس من عمل الشيطان } — islamhouse.com (13:52)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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