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Is purchasing a coupon book for $50, which offers discounts and free meals whose value far exceeds the price of the book, considered forbidden usury (riba)?

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Purchasing a book that contains discount coupons or similar items is impermissible due to the elements of gharar (excessive uncertainty) and qimar (gambling) it involves.

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