What is the ruling on competitions?
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The questioner : What is the detail regarding taking a reward for competitions? When is it permissible and when is it not permissible, and what are its conditions?
The Shaykh : Competitions in what?
The questioner : They tell me, our Shaykh, that there is some detail.
The Shaykh : ... I tell you, the detail: competitions in what?
The questioner : For example, in horses, or in cars, or in running, like that, in general.
The Shaykh : It must not be a gamble where the one who wins the race takes the prize and the one who loses loses out. Rather, there should be a sponsor who gives to the winners.
The questioner : Even if the reward is from only one of the parties.
The Shaykh : How can it be from only one of the parties?
The questioner : I mean, I race so-and-so; if he beats me, I give him the reward, and if he does not beat me, he does not give me and I do not give him.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with that.
The Shaykh : Competitions in what?
The questioner : They tell me, our Shaykh, that there is some detail.
The Shaykh : ... I tell you, the detail: competitions in what?
The questioner : For example, in horses, or in cars, or in running, like that, in general.
The Shaykh : It must not be a gamble where the one who wins the race takes the prize and the one who loses loses out. Rather, there should be a sponsor who gives to the winners.
The questioner : Even if the reward is from only one of the parties.
The Shaykh : How can it be from only one of the parties?
The questioner : I mean, I race so-and-so; if he beats me, I give him the reward, and if he does not beat me, he does not give me and I do not give him.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with that.
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