What is the ruling on the Ramadan competitions for children and adults, and also the viewers' competition?
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on the Ramadan competitions for children and adults, and also the viewers' competition?
Answer:
The competition that distracts from the remembrance of Allah in Ramadan and from reciting the Qur'an. Occupying people with these competitions and their attachment to greed and these prizes, all of this is not permissible in this month. This is part of the enemies' plot; they want to occupy Muslims with these matters. It is obligatory to turn away from these competitions, not to pay attention to them, not to be preoccupied with them, and to turn to the remembrance of Allah and to the obedience of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on the Ramadan competitions for children and adults, and also the viewers' competition?
Answer:
The competition that distracts from the remembrance of Allah in Ramadan and from reciting the Qur'an. Occupying people with these competitions and their attachment to greed and these prizes, all of this is not permissible in this month. This is part of the enemies' plot; they want to occupy Muslims with these matters. It is obligatory to turn away from these competitions, not to pay attention to them, not to be preoccupied with them, and to turn to the remembrance of Allah and to the obedience of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم مسابقة شهر رمضان للصغار والكبار وأيضًا سباق المشاهدين؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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