Competitions and monetary prizes are held in schools; what is the ruling on these competitions?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: There is a common practice in schools where they hold competitions and arrange monetary prizes for them. What is the ruling on these competitions?
Answer:
Competitions for memorizing the Qur'an or answering questions on Islamic jurisprudence. Competitions in teaching beneficial knowledge are permissible, because they fall under jihad, as Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned. Competitions on issues of Islamic jurisprudence, memorizing the Qur'an, and memorizing hadiths are permissible; because this is encouragement to do good, and it falls under jihad in the path of Allah; because learning beneficial knowledge is part of jihad in the path of Allah.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: There is a common practice in schools where they hold competitions and arrange monetary prizes for them. What is the ruling on these competitions?
Answer:
Competitions for memorizing the Qur'an or answering questions on Islamic jurisprudence. Competitions in teaching beneficial knowledge are permissible, because they fall under jihad, as Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned. Competitions on issues of Islamic jurisprudence, memorizing the Qur'an, and memorizing hadiths are permissible; because this is encouragement to do good, and it falls under jihad in the path of Allah; because learning beneficial knowledge is part of jihad in the path of Allah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [112 -954] تقام في المدارس مسابقات وجوائز مالية، فما حُكم هذه المسابقات؟ — youtube.com
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