Prizes for betting on the winning horse in a race
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Fatwa number ( 21070 )
Q: I intend, if Allah wills, to start a magazine dedicated to horse racing, where the profit will come from advertisements and from increasing the sale and distribution of copies. This will be done by holding a weekly competition with each issue, and increasing the distribution will increase the price of the advertisement. Description of the competition: * The competition is conducted by calling a specific phone number that responds automatically to the subscriber. * A unique, different number is attached to each issue, and only one person can subscribe with it. * The magazine contains an explanation of the names, types, and classifications of the participating horses, their races, and their conditions. * The subscriber bets on three horses to win each race, in order, so that each horse is substituted for the next in case of withdrawal. Usually, the betting is based on the participating horse's history, the number of championships it has won, its performance in recent championships, its health conditions, and its training activity. * During the call, the subscriber records his subscription number, then his bets on the participating horses by number, according to the instructions. * Within a few seconds, if Allah wills, the caller is considered among the subscribers. * The drawing of the winners' results is done via computer, according to their bets, and after entering the competition results. * There are ten valuable weekly prizes in order for the winners according to the results.
With an automatic response to the subscriber. * A unique, distinct personal number is attached to each issue, and only one person subscribes to it. * The magazine contains an explanation of the names, types, and classifications of the participating horses, their races, and their conditions. * The subscriber nominates three horses to win each race, in order, to substitute one for another in case of withdrawal. Usually, the nomination is based on the participating horse's history, the number of championships it has won, its performance in recent championships, its health condition, and its training activity. * During the call, the subscriber records his subscription number, then his nomination of the participating horses by number, according to the instructions. * Within a few seconds, if Allah wills, the caller is considered among the subscribers. * The drawing of the winners' results is done via computer, according to their nominations, and after entering the race results. * There are ten valuable weekly prizes in order for the winners according to the results.
We ask Allah for success and doing what is right, hoping for your Eminence's fatwa on its permissibility or not, and advice, due to my strong desire to follow what Allah loves and is pleased with .
A: The aforementioned competition is a forbidden bet that falls under gambling, and Allah the Exalted says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:90] Therefore, it is consuming wealth unjustly, so it is obligatory for you to turn away from such competitions, and whoever leaves something for Allah, He will replace it with something better. Allah the Exalted said: [At-Talaq 65:2-3] . And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: I intend, if Allah wills, to start a magazine dedicated to horse racing, where the profit will come from advertisements and from increasing the sale and distribution of copies. This will be done by holding a weekly competition with each issue, and increasing the distribution will increase the price of the advertisement. Description of the competition: * The competition is conducted by calling a specific phone number that responds automatically to the subscriber. * A unique, different number is attached to each issue, and only one person can subscribe with it. * The magazine contains an explanation of the names, types, and classifications of the participating horses, their races, and their conditions. * The subscriber bets on three horses to win each race, in order, so that each horse is substituted for the next in case of withdrawal. Usually, the betting is based on the participating horse's history, the number of championships it has won, its performance in recent championships, its health conditions, and its training activity. * During the call, the subscriber records his subscription number, then his bets on the participating horses by number, according to the instructions. * Within a few seconds, if Allah wills, the caller is considered among the subscribers. * The drawing of the winners' results is done via computer, according to their bets, and after entering the competition results. * There are ten valuable weekly prizes in order for the winners according to the results.
With an automatic response to the subscriber. * A unique, distinct personal number is attached to each issue, and only one person subscribes to it. * The magazine contains an explanation of the names, types, and classifications of the participating horses, their races, and their conditions. * The subscriber nominates three horses to win each race, in order, to substitute one for another in case of withdrawal. Usually, the nomination is based on the participating horse's history, the number of championships it has won, its performance in recent championships, its health condition, and its training activity. * During the call, the subscriber records his subscription number, then his nomination of the participating horses by number, according to the instructions. * Within a few seconds, if Allah wills, the caller is considered among the subscribers. * The drawing of the winners' results is done via computer, according to their nominations, and after entering the race results. * There are ten valuable weekly prizes in order for the winners according to the results.
We ask Allah for success and doing what is right, hoping for your Eminence's fatwa on its permissibility or not, and advice, due to my strong desire to follow what Allah loves and is pleased with .
A: The aforementioned competition is a forbidden bet that falls under gambling, and Allah the Exalted says:
O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالأَنْصَابُ وَالأَزْلامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَAnd whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَنْ يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا (2) وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَحْتَسِبُ
Source
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