His work is to run games played for prizes at an amusement park

28-10-2013 | IslamWeb

Question:

As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh I am working at Heide Park Resort, which is an amusement park. I am working at the games, where you can win prices. There are games like football, basketball, can knockdown, darts and some games of skill. I explain the people in DETAIL how to play the game and how to win. I am also SHOWING them in detail, how to win the price. The costs for those games are 2-5€ and you can win prices which worth is from 20€-100€. What is the judgement about working there? Do the scholars say it is gambling, whether you NEED skill in those games and i am showing them in detail how to win? May Allah bless you. Was-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, the Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.

If the games are permissible and the money paid in them are not for winning the game; rather, they are for just playing, then there is nothing wrong with playing them and the winner can benefit from what he wins of such prizes. Hence, it is permissible for you to work in such games and pointing out how to play them.

On the other hand, if the games are not permissible or that all or some of the money paid in them is just for getting or sharing such prizes, then these games will not be permissible; rather this will be a form of gambling.

However, the latter possibility is actually the most likely and thus it is more appropriate to avoid working in those games so that the worker may not be helping others to commit sin. Allaah The Almighty says (what means): {…but do not cooperate in sin and aggression.}[Quran 5:2]

Allaah Knows best.