The ruling on racing with a wager from one party in other than the three
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if the race is in something other than the three mentioned, but the money comes from only one side of the two teams, is this permissible?
Answer:
Racing is not permissible except in three things. Anything else, one may race, but without prizes; physical exercise and wrestling. By the way, wrestling that harms the body is forbidden, such as what they now call boxing. This is forbidden because it harms the body, may break limbs, may disfigure a person, or may damage his mind and intellect. So this is forbidden. A decision was issued by the Fiqh Council in Makkah al-Mukarramah forbidding boxing because of the harms it contains, including the exposure of the private parts. Likewise, bullfighting is the torture of an animal; this is forbidden, forbidden to do. And it is even more forbidden to take money for it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if the race is in something other than the three mentioned, but the money comes from only one side of the two teams, is this permissible?
Answer:
Racing is not permissible except in three things. Anything else, one may race, but without prizes; physical exercise and wrestling. By the way, wrestling that harms the body is forbidden, such as what they now call boxing. This is forbidden because it harms the body, may break limbs, may disfigure a person, or may damage his mind and intellect. So this is forbidden. A decision was issued by the Fiqh Council in Makkah al-Mukarramah forbidding boxing because of the harms it contains, including the exposure of the private parts. Likewise, bullfighting is the torture of an animal; this is forbidden, forbidden to do. And it is even more forbidden to take money for it. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الأطعمة — islamhouse.com (31:17)
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