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Charging a fee to join a tournament on a PC game and giving prizes

· 27 Safar 1448 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I host tournaments on a game called Fortnite. People pay me a fee. Everyone to take part in these tournaments, and I pick a few of them every weekend to take part in the tournament. I give the top 3 prizes and sometimes cash rewards, prizes like perfumes, clothes etc.

Is this what I am doing halaal earned money, I make profit of this too.

Answer

Taking a fee for playing games is incorrect. Likewise, giving a prize to the winner of a game is incorrect.

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

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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