Masjids have bazaar and family days to raise funds, booths are set up that sell things and men and women invited.
Question
Games are also played. Masjids as a fund raising have Bazaar where all are invited to buy things and play games. is this jaiz, can such money be used for the masjid. also the Maktab has a Sports day when the parents and children come together and play games, what is the ruling on this.
Answer
Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) says, 'Whoever imitates a nation is among them.' It is an undeniable fact that today carnivals, fetes and events have become a hallmark of the non-Muslims.
Besides, it is events of this nature that many laws of Allah Ta'ala are transgressed, of which intermingling of the sexes is foremost. Furthermore, the primary drawcard in these events is the entertainment. It is this fundamental point that adds to the transgression. If the donor is sincere in his purpose, he would donate his money without going there and/or in anonymity. In fact, if such people contributed their monies before-hand, it would have saved the Muslim organisations from stooping to these levels.
How can such funds, derived through events where prohibited practices occur, contain Barkat? How can such monies accumulated with Allah's wrath be used to please Him? There were many ways in which Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) and his companions (RA) used to raise money but most definitely not the fund-raising events of today.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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