Ruling on taking a fee for car and motorcycle races
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In our country, there are car or motorcycle races where all participants must pay a specific amount, and the winners receive prizes. Is this permissible, or is it considered gambling? May Allah reward you with good.
This is asking, he says: In their country, there are car and motorcycle races, and everyone participates by paying a fee.
Our answer to this is: It is not permissible to take a fee for these races.By the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (There is no racing except with a spear, a hoof, or a horse). And *sabaq* (with a fathah on the ba): is the fee taken for the race, so it is not permissible.
Yes.
Suppose that these cars are cars of jihad, and these motorcycles are motorcycles of jihad,So at that time we say: there is no harm; because they resemble horses and camels. However, if a person offers a prize for the winner of the race, there is no harm in that; because here there is no harm to the racers. Either they win or they lose, and there is no gambling involved.But do we tell the man who offered the prize: Is offering the prize forbidden or lawful? Here, one looks at what results from this race. If no prohibited matter results from it, then offering the reward is permissible. If a prohibited matter results from it, then offering the reward for it is forbidden.
So, suppose that this motorcycle and car race leads to recklessness and mischief. In that case, it is not permissible for us to encourage them and give them a reward. Because some of the youth who do not assess things properly are found playing with cars, either by *tafheet* as it is called, or by spinning, or otherwise. These people are not to be encouraged in their actions.
This is asking, he says: In their country, there are car and motorcycle races, and everyone participates by paying a fee.
Our answer to this is: It is not permissible to take a fee for these races.By the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (There is no racing except with a spear, a hoof, or a horse). And *sabaq* (with a fathah on the ba): is the fee taken for the race, so it is not permissible.
Yes.
Suppose that these cars are cars of jihad, and these motorcycles are motorcycles of jihad,So at that time we say: there is no harm; because they resemble horses and camels. However, if a person offers a prize for the winner of the race, there is no harm in that; because here there is no harm to the racers. Either they win or they lose, and there is no gambling involved.But do we tell the man who offered the prize: Is offering the prize forbidden or lawful? Here, one looks at what results from this race. If no prohibited matter results from it, then offering the reward is permissible. If a prohibited matter results from it, then offering the reward for it is forbidden.
So, suppose that this motorcycle and car race leads to recklessness and mischief. In that case, it is not permissible for us to encourage them and give them a reward. Because some of the youth who do not assess things properly are found playing with cars, either by *tafheet* as it is called, or by spinning, or otherwise. These people are not to be encouraged in their actions.