Fatwa #117111 October 2000Pakistan

According to Shariah rule, it is permissible to earn money from a contest?

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.( The winner is selected bass on the correct answer he give and his creativity)

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The gift of money in a contest of questions and answers is permissible. However, the contest must not have anything un-Islamic in it.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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