They give us a mandatory competition in school, which consists of religious questions on the occasion of the month of Ramadan, and there are prizes for it. Is this permissible?
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The questioner : They give us a mandatory competition, religious questions on the occasion of the month of Ramadan, and there is money and prizes for it. Is this permissible? It is mandatory.
The Shaykh : I do not understand anything from you. How do you mean by force?
The questioner : I mean by force, that one takes it and buys it.
The Shaykh : Buys it by force?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to sell by force.
The student : It is a school now, and truly, it is one of the best schools, the schools of al-Arqam. Truly, we are pleased... It used to be in the government schools and other schools, and unfortunately, it was far from Allah and so on. So now, for example, the teacher was reading the Qur'an to us today and he cried, for example.
The questioner : Prizes like a cabinet worth one hundred and thirty dinars, and a trip for 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : I do not understand anything from you. How do you mean by force?
The questioner : I mean by force, that one takes it and buys it.
The Shaykh : Buys it by force?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible to sell by force.
The student : It is a school now, and truly, it is one of the best schools, the schools of al-Arqam. Truly, we are pleased... It used to be in the government schools and other schools, and unfortunately, it was far from Allah and so on. So now, for example, the teacher was reading the Qur'an to us today and he cried, for example.
The questioner : Prizes like a cabinet worth one hundred and thirty dinars, and a trip for 'Umrah.
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