Making the prize for the creed competition a waqf (endowment) in the name of the winner
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman who says: I have a group of students whom I teach creed. As a way to motivate and encourage the female students, I thought of holding a competition where the prize would be paying a sum of money into a waqf (endowment) in her name, because those students are from outside Saudi Arabia. Is there any religious prohibition in this action and this prize?
The Shaykh:
I didn’t understand. Yes. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh! May Allah grant you success. The questioner says: This is also a woman who says
The Shaykh:
No, the first question.
The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe. She says: I have a group of female students, or I teach them creed. As a way to motivate and encourage those female students, I thought of holding a competition, and the prize would be paying a sum of money into a waqf (endowment) in the name of the winning student, because they are from outside Saudi Arabia. Is there any religious prohibition in my action and this prize?
The Shaykh:
Give her the prize to encourage her. Give her the prize. But do you make it a waqf (endowment) and benefit from it? Give her the prize so that she is happy with it and becomes more active. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman who says: I have a group of students whom I teach creed. As a way to motivate and encourage the female students, I thought of holding a competition where the prize would be paying a sum of money into a waqf (endowment) in her name, because those students are from outside Saudi Arabia. Is there any religious prohibition in this action and this prize?
The Shaykh:
I didn’t understand. Yes. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh! May Allah grant you success. The questioner says: This is also a woman who says
The Shaykh:
No, the first question.
The questioner:
May Allah keep you safe. She says: I have a group of female students, or I teach them creed. As a way to motivate and encourage those female students, I thought of holding a competition, and the prize would be paying a sum of money into a waqf (endowment) in the name of the winning student, because they are from outside Saudi Arabia. Is there any religious prohibition in my action and this prize?
The Shaykh:
Give her the prize to encourage her. Give her the prize. But do you make it a waqf (endowment) and benefit from it? Give her the prize so that she is happy with it and becomes more active. Yes.
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شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... - 1 — islamhouse.com (1:06:24)
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