What is the ruling of Sharia on electronic auctions that require purchasing points to participate, where the participant loses their points if they do not win the auction?
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This form of auction is not permissible due to its resemblance to gambling. The participant either wins the item at a very low price or loses what they paid in points, and this is gambling. Stratagems do not make a sin permissible; rather, they increase its sinfulness. Allah has condemned deceivers, and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Do not commit what the Jews committed, so you legalize the prohibitions of Allah with the slightest stratagems." Gambling is forbidden, even if its name is changed.
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