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What is the ruling on selling tickets for beer and lotteries in Islam?

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Beer and lotteries are forbidden; the former is intoxicant and the latter is gambling, both being an abomination of Satan's handiwork, as stated in verse 90 of Surat Al-Ma'idah. Therefore, it is not permissible to sell beer and lottery tickets, as this constitutes cooperation in sin and aggression. Allah Almighty says: (And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression), Al-Ma'idah/2. It is obligatory to abandon this work, for whoever leaves something for the sake of Allah, Allah will compensate him with something better, and whoever fears Allah, He will make for him a way out and provide for him from where he does not expect.

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