Is it lawful, religiously speaking, to lease a shop to an establishment where card games are played and shisha (hookah) is smoked?
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It is not permissible to rent a place for a purpose forbidden by , because means are judged by their ends. Therefore, it is not permissible to rent a place to an establishment that practices sins therein, such as shisha and forbidden card games.
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