Question:
As-salamu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh
Mufti Sahab if we play a cricket tournament with a particular team and it is pre-decided before the match commences that the winning team will pay 40% of the cost of the turf booking amount and the losing team will pay 60% of the booking fee. Is it correct/halaal if we do it this way or it would be haraam?
*Note: Here for playing cricket in private turfs one needs to pay a fee a particular amount for the time one plays cricket for eg 12$ per hour.
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Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
This is not permissible.
And Allah knows best
(Mufti) Bilal al-Mahmudi
06 Rajab 1444 / 02 October 2022
