Gambling and Speculation
391 questions
Are amusement park games that rely on luck to win a prize, such as stacking Pepsi cans or catching ducks, considered gambling and thus forbidden?
Is it permissible to organize a tournament with an entry fee in virtual currency within an electronic game (not real but convertible into real money), with prizes for the top three places that are not affected by the entry fees?
Is participation in newspaper competitions, which require purchasing the newspaper and offer monetary prizes to winners, considered gambling?
Are bank investment certificates, whose value does not increase over time, but rather are drawn based on their numbers and the winner is awarded a financial prize, permissible or forbidden?
What is the ruling on prizes allocated by commercial stores for their customers, which are drawn at the end of the year?
What are the consequences for someone who repents from stealing money from electronic gambling, and is he required to return it to its owner, knowing that disclosure may lead to problems?
Is the money paid to purchase an in-game item that involves gambling and real-money upgrades, knowing that the buyer does not participate in the gambling but rather buys the item ready-made, considered permissible or impermissible?
Is it permissible to enter a lottery for state-owned lands, organized by a conventional bank, with the condition of depositing a sum of money in the bank to participate?
Is money resulting from a lottery ticket bought by a non-Muslim friend and given to my father, without his request or any financial consideration, considered lawful (halal) or unlawful (haram) in the event of a win?
What is the ruling on taking the money remaining from a lunch purchased with shared funds via a lottery?
What is the ruling on betting that does not involve money, such as stipulating shaving one's mustache for the loser?
Is competing for money considered gambling?
What is the ruling on subscribing to a company that requires a certain amount of money to be paid to view its advertisements weekly, and that doubles the subscriber's balance based on that, with the subscriber receiving an additional amount for convincing others to join, given that the company claims to be an advertising intermediary for other companies?
- What is the ruling on profiting from ClickBank, a company that relies on affiliate marketing for digital products, where the marketer chooses products and markets them with a unique link and earns a commission of up to 75%? - What is the ruling on working with companies that request climate information in exchange for points redeemable for electronic gifts, and what is the ruling on providing inaccurate information in these reports? - What is the ruling on upgrading accounts in companies and websites for money to obtain higher privileges, such as increasing login points?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on earning an income from a company by attracting other people to register in it, so that points are earned whose financial value increases with the number of registrants?
What is the ruling on saying: "If such and such happens, or if I beat you in such and such, then you get a sum of money, and if it doesn't happen, I won't give you anything and you won't give me anything"? Is this considered a wager? If it is not a wager, what is it called? Has anyone deemed it impermissible? And if it is not permissible, must he be given what was promised?
What is the ruling on the Islamic Harvest account, which is opened with a minimum of 100 dinars to enter monthly prize draws, and which banks claim is compliant with Islamic Sharia?
What are the aspects of getting rid of ill-gotten money acquired from a competition considered gambling, and is it permissible to give from it to one's wife or mother despite their not being in need, or to one's divorced mother-in-law who is in need, and what are the correct ways to get rid of it?
What is the ruling on lotteries, and is it permissible according to Sharia to participate in them if one is guaranteed to win with a probability that eliminates loss? And what is the ruling on taking an interest-based loan to buy a house in a non-Islamic country due to poor economic conditions?
What is the ruling on winning in an electronic game that relies on virtual currencies, which some players may purchase with real money, knowing that I do not pay real money, and is it permissible to participate in a game where some are fined and the game owner takes the paid money?
Is playing considered gambling if only one of the players pays money to play, and the winner gets virtual money in the online game?
Does the loss from the cancellation of Umrah fall upon the first group that booked for Umrah, or upon all groups that agreed to perform Umrah by lottery over four years?
Will a son be held accountable for remaining in his father's house, where his father feeds his family from the unlawful earnings of the lottery, given the son's inability to secure housing for himself or his mother?
Is it considered a breach of an oath (hanth) if a person swore by divorce aloud not to play with his money, then decided to invest this money in commercial projects?