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

Q: 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.

A: 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)