Is it permissible for me to program a website whose subscriptions are free, and where the subscriber automatically enters a raffle for gifts, with the website profiting from advertisements?
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If the website is limited to what is permissible according to Islamic law in its topics and advertisements, and the prizes are offered without subscriptions from the contestants, so that it is free from gambling and anything similar to it, then there is no objection to working on re-programming this website.
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