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Is the Structure of a Local Soccer Tournament Permissible?

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Q: There is a soccer tournament taking place in a neighbouring town, and up to 8 teams are invited to participate. Each team has to pay an ‘affiliation/entry’ fee of R2800 in order to participate. The winning team receives prize money of R4500. The team that comes out 2nd receives R2000. The rest of the teams do not receive any money. Apart from all the other contentious issues (such as the covering of the satr, intermingling of genders etc), is the way in which this event is structured permissible?

Bismillaah

A: It is not permissible. Apart from the other wrongs associated with this type of event, it is not permissible to participate in the competition as the element of gambling is found.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

إنما يجوز ذلك إن كان البدل معلوما في جانب واحد بأن قال إن سبقتني فلك كذا وإن سبقتك لا شيء لي عليك أو على القلب أما إذا كان البدل من الجانبين فهو قمار حرام الخ (الفتاوى الهندية 5/324)

( حل الجعل ) … ( إن شرط لمال ) في المسابقة ( من جانب واحد وحرم لو شرط ) فيها ( من الجانبين ) لأنه يصير قمارا الخ

و في رد المحتار : قوله ( لأنه يصير قمارا ) لأن القمار من القمر الذي يزداد تارة وينقص أخرى وسمي القمار قمارا لأن كل واحد من المقامرين ممن يجوز أن يذهب ماله إلى صاحبه ويجوز أن يستفيد مال صاحبه وهو حرام بالنص ولا كذلك إذا شرط من جانب واحد لأن الزيادة والنقصان لا تمكن فيهما بل في أحدهما تمكن الزيادة وفي الآخر الانتقاص فقط فلا تكون مقامرة لأنها مفاعلة منه زيلعي (رد المحتار 6/402)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)


Q: Can Mufti Saheb kindly suggest a way in which this event will become permissible, as the hosts are adamant on hosting it anyway.

Bismillaah

A: Refer to http://muftionline.co.za/node/8690

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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