Is it permissible to participate in a contest where $6 are converted to more than $25,0?
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Participation in this competition is impermissible because it falls under the category of forbidden gambling (), which scholars have defined as "that in which the participant cannot avoid either gaining if he takes, or losing if he gives." This definition applies to the aforementioned competition, as the participant either loses six dollars or wins twenty-five thousand dollars.
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