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The fiulam+√ are in agreement that it is permissible for a

leader to take wages from the Baitul M+l for archery,

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horseback riding, and riding a camel.

A Muslim will receive reward if ‘he’ donates his wealth

for such competitions. Because these competitions are of

great benefit for the Muslims. Their basic principles are

because these competitions help jih+d in the Way of Allh

whose purpose is in order that the Deen is only for Allh

and so that the Word of Allh becomes the highest.

A Summary of this Deen

This Deen is encapsulated in two matters:

Firstly: We do not worship except only to Allh the Most

High;

Secondly: We worship Allh by means of that which has

been prescribed (within the Sharıfiah) and not by means of

bidfiah.

66 A number of fiulam+√ expressed the ijm+fi fiulam+√ (unanimity of agreement amongst scholars) in this matter.
Amongst them are: Ibnu Mundhir in Al Ijm
fi p. 62; Ibnu Qud+mah in Al Mughnı (11/127 – with Ash-Shirk Al
Kabır); Al fiAını in Al Bin
yah fı’sh-Shar˛il Hid
yah (9/ 389); Al Kha†ıb Ash-Sharbını in Mughnı’l Mu˛t
j (4/311);
An-Nawawı in Shar˛ ∑a˛ı˛ Muslim (13/14); Ibnu Abı Taghlab in Nailul M
rib (1/437); Zakariyah Al Anß+rı in
Shar˛ Rau∂a†-‡
lib (4/228).