The ruling on holding competitions and prizes in commercial establishments
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is your view regarding what some gas stations do by giving boxes of Fain to customers?
Answer:
All of this is intended to attract customers and harm other stations. So, so this is not permissible. A fatwa was issued by the Permanent Committee stating that holding these prizes and competitions in shops and stations is intended to harm others, such that customers turn to this station or this shop and leave the rest of the shops. This is not permissible, in addition to the fact that it is consuming people's wealth unjustly. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is your view regarding what some gas stations do by giving boxes of Fain to customers?
Answer:
All of this is intended to attract customers and harm other stations. So, so this is not permissible. A fatwa was issued by the Permanent Committee stating that holding these prizes and competitions in shops and stations is intended to harm others, such that customers turn to this station or this shop and leave the rest of the shops. This is not permissible, in addition to the fact that it is consuming people's wealth unjustly. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [419- 4717] حكم عمل مسابقات وجوائز في المحلات التجارية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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