does a good deed ? For example, can I say to a Muslim uncle, I will
give you 500 Dirhams if you grow and keep a beard?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It seems that there is nothing wrong with doing that. Allaah has
enjoined certain actions upon His slaves, and has promised a great
rewardin this world for doing them, so as to encouragepeople to do
them. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a
way for him to get out (from every difficulty).
And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine"
[al-Talaaq 65:2-3]
The Prophet(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever
would like his provision in this world to be increased and his life
span to be extended,let him uphold the ties of kinship." Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 5986; Muslim, 2557.
As a way of encouragingrighteous deeds, the Prophet(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) gave permission for the one who
killed a kaafir on the battelefield to take his spoils.
It was narrated that Abu Qutaadah (may Allaah bepleased with him)
said: The Messenger of Allaah(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said, during the year of Hunayn: "Whoever kills an enemy and has
proof of that will have his spoils."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,2973; Muslim, 1751.
"Spoils" here refers to the money, luggage, clothing and weapons that
a fighter has with him.
And the scholars regarded it as permissible to offer prizes for
memorizing soorahs from the Qur'aan or ahaadeeth, or for winning a
contest of knowledge.
The scholars of the Standing Committee were asked:
What is the ruling on receiving prizes for Qur'aan memorization contests?
They replied:
There is nothing wrong with that, and there is no difference between
men and women in this regard.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 4/126
This has to do with giving and offering: it is permissible to offer
and give money to one who lets his beard grow or does other things
required by sharee'ah.
But with regard to the one who takes that money: if he let his beard
grow in order to take the prize, then he will not be rewarded forhis
action, but if the prize motivated him to fulfil the command of
Allaah, or if he started because of the prize andthen changed his
intention after that and adhered to (following the ruling), then he
will be rewarded for that in which his intention was sound, and it
will not matter that at first he was doing it for the prize.
It was narrated from Anas that a man asked the Prophet(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) for sheep between two mountainsand he
gave them to him, then he went to his people and said, "O my people,
become Muslims,for by Allaah Muhammadgives generously and he does not
fear poverty."
Anas said: People would become Muslim only for worldly gains, but as
soon as they became Muslim Islam became dearer to them than this world
and everything in it.
Narrated by Muslim, 2312.
Al-Nawawi said:
This is how it appears in most copies: "fa ma yuslim (as soon as
[they] became Muslim)." In some copies it says "fa ma yumsi (before
the day ended)." Both are correct. The first means that shortly after
they became Muslim, Islam became dearer to them, i.e., at first they
professed Islam for worldly purposes, with no sound intention in their
hearts, then by the blessing of the Prophet(peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) and the light of Islam, their hearts were soon
opened to true faith which took root in their hearts, and then Islam
became dearer to them than this world and everything in it.
Sharh Muslim, 15/72, 73.
And Allaah knows best.
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