What is the ruling on using perfumes and medicines that contain alcohol in their composition? And what is the ruling on buying "Premium Bonds" sold by the government?
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The process of the government selling papers that authorize their buyers to participate in voting is gambling and (games of chance), and Maysir is among the gravest of major sins. Allah Almighty said: (O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling [Maysir], [sacrificing to] stone altars, and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may succeed) [Al-Ma'idah:90].
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