Is the annual subscription of 400 EGP to a program that offers various discounts, which requires initial payment through Mashreq Bank and then through Fawry machines, considered haram?
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A conditional discount program contingent upon paying illicit money is forbidden because it contains impermissible elements such as ignorance ( جهالة ) and (uncertainty/risk). The participant pays a sum to obtain unknown discounts, and they may benefit or lose, which constitutes forbidden gharar. Furthermore, it involves a risk similar to prohibited gambling (). The discounts may not be genuine, but rather a prior inflation of prices followed by a reduction, which constitutes deception and defrauding people. Therefore, it is not permissible to subscribe to this program.
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