Is it permissible to supplicate and implore Allah to win a huge financial prize offered by an entity managed by Jews and Christians, requiring the purchase of monthly tickets, with the intention of spending a portion of it on media projects to serve the religion and support the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, knowing that the questioner has sought Allah's guidance through Istikhara regarding this matter?
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"Participating in the aforementioned prize is Islamically forbidden, as it is a form of (gambling) and qimar (gambling), which Allah Almighty has prohibited and associated with intoxicants and idols. The questioner must repent to Allah and immediately cease participating in this prize. As for supplicating to win the prize, it is an aggression in supplication because it is a supplication for sin. For Allah is good and accepts only what is good, and goodness cannot be attained through what Allah has forbidden."
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