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Is money obtained from lotteries held by some banks permissible or forbidden?

1 min readAlso available in العربية

Money earned through gambling is forbidden in Islamic law, based on the Almighty's saying: (O you who have believed, indeed intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone altars [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful). A Muslim must seek lawful earnings through legitimate sales, gifts, loans, wages, and other permissible means, and avoid unlawful earnings from gambling and selling forbidden items. And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out and will provide for him from where he does not expect.

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