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What is the ruling on FIFA game tournaments that rely on effort and intelligence, in which participation requires a financial payment, and the top winners receive monetary prizes, and are they considered gambling?

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The aforementioned game involves gambling, as the prizes are taken from the total contributions of the contestants, with each participant paying money. This is impermissible, due to the Almighty's saying: "O you who have believed, indeed intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone altars [to other than Allah ], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful."

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