What is the ruling on taking a sum of money as a prize from an Israeli cigarette box competition?
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The questioner : The other day, a man calledThe Shaykh : Ahmad to ask him a question, because he wanted to know the answer from you. Yes, there is a competition run by the Israeli cigarette company on cigarette packs, so one person
The Shaykh : On the cigarette pack?
The questioner : On the cigarette pack.
The Shaykh : The cigarette pack!
The questioner : So one person won a prize of about fifty thousand dollars. Should he take it or not? He considered that, for example, cigarettes are forbidden.
The Shaykh : What is the competition, I mean, what type is it?
The questioner : There is nothing [special]; whoever buys a cigarette pack gets a number on it, like this.
The Shaykh : Haha, but isn't it the one who smokes cigarettes who asks this question, people?
The questioner : And that the company is Israeli, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : And that the company is, I mean, Jewish.
The Shaykh : Jewish as well! Allah knows what is behind it! There is no power or might except with Allah. The causes are many, but death is one.
The questioner : Okay, my Shaykh, what is the ruling on usurious money? Should he take it and give it to public utilities, or should he leave it?
The Shaykh : No, this is not a matter of usury; this is a reward for a task through a forbidden means.
The questioner : Yes, so does he take this reward and put it into public utilities, as you answered regarding forbidden money?
The Shaykh : No, I had not thought of that, but it seems to me that he should not take it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : On the cigarette pack?
The questioner : On the cigarette pack.
The Shaykh : The cigarette pack!
The questioner : So one person won a prize of about fifty thousand dollars. Should he take it or not? He considered that, for example, cigarettes are forbidden.
The Shaykh : What is the competition, I mean, what type is it?
The questioner : There is nothing [special]; whoever buys a cigarette pack gets a number on it, like this.
The Shaykh : Haha, but isn't it the one who smokes cigarettes who asks this question, people?
The questioner : And that the company is Israeli, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : And that the company is, I mean, Jewish.
The Shaykh : Jewish as well! Allah knows what is behind it! There is no power or might except with Allah. The causes are many, but death is one.
The questioner : Okay, my Shaykh, what is the ruling on usurious money? Should he take it and give it to public utilities, or should he leave it?
The Shaykh : No, this is not a matter of usury; this is a reward for a task through a forbidden means.
The questioner : Yes, so does he take this reward and put it into public utilities, as you answered regarding forbidden money?
The Shaykh : No, I had not thought of that, but it seems to me that he should not take it.
The questioner : Yes.
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