What is the ruling on a competition based on questions, where the one who answers takes the money?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Is it permissible to take a sum of money in exchange for answering a question, such that the question is posed to a group of students, and the one who gives the correct answer takes this sum of money?
The Shaykh : Yes. If a person poses a question to a group and says, "Whoever answers correctly will receive one thousand riyals," is it permissible for the one who answers correctly to take the one thousand riyals? We say: Yes, it is permissible, because this is a prize, not a wager.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O honorable father. A fierce lion of this time has attacked us.
The Shaykh : What?
The Shaykh : Yes. If a person poses a question to a group and says, "Whoever answers correctly will receive one thousand riyals," is it permissible for the one who answers correctly to take the one thousand riyals? We say: Yes, it is permissible, because this is a prize, not a wager.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O honorable father. A fierce lion of this time has attacked us.
The Shaykh : What?