What is the ruling on the competitions held at weddings?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. As for what follows, the questioner is one of the brothers from the people of the Sunnah who have been influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood. At wedding celebrations, they hold cultural competitions and place prizes for them.
The Shaykh : What do they hold?
The questioner : Competitions.
The Shaykh : Competitions, yes.
The questioner : And they place prizes for them, books that may be on 'aqidah or on other matters, meaning valuable books. So what is the ruling of Islam in this? Is this a Sunnah or an innovation?
The Shaykh : I will shorten my answer to your question now. You asked, "Is this a Sunnah?" What is this, in brief? What is it?
The questioner : It is what they do at weddings, where they hold competitions and claim that this is a means of da'wah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I want the ruling on that. And some of them, when they recite the Qur'an, they bring some students and recite recitations...
The Shaykh : No, that is enough for the first question. This is a second question, so that the matter does not become mixed up for us. As for the prizes they distribute on the occasion of a wedding, if they make that specific to the wedding occasion, it is not prescribed to make it a regular practice and a fixed rule. However, if they do that on any occasion from the standpoint of encouragement, there is no harm in that, but with the same condition: that it not be made a regular, fixed practice. Is this answer clear? Good, what is your second question?
The Shaykh : What do they hold?
The questioner : Competitions.
The Shaykh : Competitions, yes.
The questioner : And they place prizes for them, books that may be on 'aqidah or on other matters, meaning valuable books. So what is the ruling of Islam in this? Is this a Sunnah or an innovation?
The Shaykh : I will shorten my answer to your question now. You asked, "Is this a Sunnah?" What is this, in brief? What is it?
The questioner : It is what they do at weddings, where they hold competitions and claim that this is a means of da'wah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So I want the ruling on that. And some of them, when they recite the Qur'an, they bring some students and recite recitations...
The Shaykh : No, that is enough for the first question. This is a second question, so that the matter does not become mixed up for us. As for the prizes they distribute on the occasion of a wedding, if they make that specific to the wedding occasion, it is not prescribed to make it a regular practice and a fixed rule. However, if they do that on any occasion from the standpoint of encouragement, there is no harm in that, but with the same condition: that it not be made a regular, fixed practice. Is this answer clear? Good, what is your second question?