FatwaFederal TerritoriesTransactions & Finance
AL-KAFI #584: HUKUM MENGAMBIL GANJARAN DALAM SESUATU PERTANDINGAN
Is it permissible to join the Maybank2u challenge contest and accept its prize?
Short answer
Joining the Maybank2u challenge is permissible. The contest is based on questions that test the mind, and the prizes are vouchers.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Transactions & Finance
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Joining the Maybank2u challenge is permissible. The contest is based on questions that test the mind, and the prizes are vouchers. Jurists differ on rewards in intellectual contests: one view forbids them because they are not among the war equipment named in the hadith, while the other permits them because knowledge is also a weapon. The fatwa adopts the permissive view, just as rewards in physical contests are allowed.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #584: HUKUM MENGAMBIL GANJARAN DALAM SESUATU PERTANDINGAN”, 16 March 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/930-al-kafi-584-hukum-mengambil-ganjaran-dalam-sesuatu-pertandingan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-on-joining-maybank2u-challenge-contest-prize/