What is the ruling on holding competitions in the mosque, with prizes given for solving them?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on holding competitions in the mosques, where the imam poses them to the congregation of worshippers? He offers prizes for solving these competitions and sets aside another time to present them in the mosque at an award ceremony.
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that; because Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim say that this falls under jihad in the path of Allah; because teaching beneficial knowledge and teaching the Qur'an is from jihad in the path of Allah, and it is permissible for him to take the prize.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on holding competitions in the mosques, where the imam poses them to the congregation of worshippers? He offers prizes for solving these competitions and sets aside another time to present them in the mosque at an award ceremony.
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that; because Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim say that this falls under jihad in the path of Allah; because teaching beneficial knowledge and teaching the Qur'an is from jihad in the path of Allah, and it is permissible for him to take the prize.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المسابقات في المسجد، ويجعل هدايا مقابل حلها؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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