What is the ruling on an association that collects money through a very small subscription fee, where the profit increases with the number of subscribers a person brings in, and there is no profit if no subscribers are brought in? And is there a way to make the activity of this association permissible by Sharia?
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This transaction is gambling, which is forbidden by Islamic law, because it revolves between profit and loss, and a person pays a small amount of money to gain many times more or to gain nothing at all. It must be avoided because it is an abomination from the handiwork of Satan.
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