Five friends collect 100 rupees daily from each person (totaling 500 rupees), and they hold a weekly lottery for the winner to receive the accumulated amount. This system, called "committee" (chit fund), continues until each person has won once. The question is about the ruling on this arrangement and whether the outcome of the lottery is binding on everyone.

The ruling on collecting money and distributing it among employees is permissible by Islamic law. The money is collected daily from the participants and distributed weekly to one of them in rotation. If there is no agreement on a specific order for the beneficiaries, a lottery (qur'ah) is resorted to, and it is binding on everyone. The lottery is sanctioned by the Quran and Sunnah, and scholars have permitted it to distinguish the ambiguous and to prioritize entitlements when there is competition. The result of the lottery must be adhered to unless everyone agrees to abandon it or redo it.