Permissibility of receiving a cash prize for answering a question
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Permissibility of receiving a cash prize for answering a question
Is it permissible to take a sum of money in exchange for answering a question, where the question is posed to a group of students and the one who gives the correct answer takes this sum of money?
He says: If a person poses a question to a group and says, “Whoever gives the correct answer will receive one thousand riyals,” is it permissible for the one who gives the correct answer to take the one thousand riyals?We say: Yes, it is permissible, because this is a prize, not a wager.
Is it permissible to take a sum of money in exchange for answering a question, where the question is posed to a group of students and the one who gives the correct answer takes this sum of money?
He says: If a person poses a question to a group and says, “Whoever gives the correct answer will receive one thousand riyals,” is it permissible for the one who gives the correct answer to take the one thousand riyals?We say: Yes, it is permissible, because this is a prize, not a wager.