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Are radio competitions that require purchasing postage stamps to submit answers, and which may result in winning or losing, considered a form of maisir (gambling), similar to buying newspapers that contain competition coupons?

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If radio contests are permissible in themselves, then it is permissible to participate in them. And what the participant pays for sending answers through the mail does not make them forbidden; because the amount paid for the postage stamp has no relation to the contest.

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