Gambling and Speculation
391 questions
Is it permissible to participate in televised cultural competitions that do not rely on luck, and in which the first caller with the correct answer wins?
What is the Sharia ruling on participating in the "Hibat Al-Jazeera" company system, which involves selling a religious CD for 500 Riyals, with a promise to the buyer of receiving 600 Riyals after one to two months, and 42,500 Riyals after one to three years, on the basis that these are "gifts"?
Is it permissible to participate in a marathon on condition of not accepting the prize and performing the prayer on time?
What is the ruling on participating in a competition that requires paying a sum of money and shouting at the top of one's voice to win?
Is it permissible for women to watch football matches on television?
What is the ruling on dealing with or subscribing to this described website; is it permissible or forbidden?
Is purchasing a ticket that predicts the outcomes of sports matches (such as sports development) to win thousands of dinars considered gambling?
Is working online, which involves paying money to promote a product and choosing the most viewed among them, considered forbidden gambling, whether one profits or loses?
What is the religious ruling on Umrah groups on Facebook that collect 20 pounds monthly from members and conduct a random draw to select girls for Umrah? Is this considered cooperation in righteousness and piety, or is it gambling?
What is the ruling on money obtained from the draws of "Mashreq Millionaire" in a usurious bank, knowing that the depositor does not lose their principal but rather gains many times what they deposited, and the source of the money resulting from the draws is unknown?
How should a committed girl act with her father who does not pray and works in gambling, given her feeling of guilt for being raised with haram money?
Is money earned from converting reward points on banking transactions, and the simple money earned from the free "wheel of fortune" in the banking application, considered unlawful (haram)?
What is the ruling on taking money resulting from the participation of nine people in a company that sells software at a reduced price, knowing that the first participant benefits from all of them?
What is the ruling on receiving payment for subscribing to YouTube channels that do not contain Sharia-prohibited content, and on purchasing tickets for films that do not violate Sharia with the aim of increasing their popularity, while recuperating the money paid along with a bonus for increasing the value of the paid tasks?
What is the ruling on an association that collects money through a very small subscription fee, where the profit increases with the number of subscribers a person brings in, and there is no profit if no subscribers are brought in? And is there a way to make the activity of this association permissible by Sharia?
Is it permissible to sell government lottery tickets priced at twenty dirhams, with a prize of 150,0 dirhams, knowing that this is the field of work, and does sin result from this?
What is the ruling on the raffles and offers conducted by exchange companies on fee-based transactions, which allow customers to increase their chances of winning by dividing their transactions, and what is the ruling on working for these companies, encouraging customers to take advantage of these offers, and accepting the division of transactions in order to increase raffle coupons, and what are the conditions for the permissibility of these raffles?
Is the money that was deposited in the betting application and then withdrawn after playing due to not receiving the bonus considered unlawful money (haram), and what should be done with it if it is?
Is it permissible to accept a replacement car from the comprehensive compulsory car insurance for cars sold in installments, knowing that there is no Takaful insurance, and that Sheikh Wahbah Al-Zuhayli permitted third-party insurance and considered it a tax?
What is the ruling on trading in Forex with contracts for difference (CFDs) with a broker, while observing Sharia compliance, in the event that the underlying asset is owned by the broker and not by the trader?
What is the ruling on selling lottery tickets, even if one does not play them oneself, and does not suggest their sale to anyone, given that one resides in America, and that some people deem this permissible under the current circumstances?
What is the ruling on prizes offered by commercial banks to their customers, or as an incentive to open an account, in exchange for a chance to win the prize?
What is the Sharia ruling on her demanding money after the project loss, and am I obligated to compensate her, knowing that I also lost all my money?
Is it permissible to pray for winning the lottery (gambling) with the intention of distributing half of the money to the poor, and is the money acquired therefrom considered an abomination if the motive for resorting to it is necessity?