What is the ruling on purchasing raffle tickets at commercial centers?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on purchasing the raffle tickets that commercial centers offer?
The Shaykh:
What is its ruling?
The questioner:
What is the ruling on purchasing the raffle tickets that commercial centers offer?
The Shaykh:
This falls under gambling and maysir (gambling), because it is consuming wealth without due right. Also, the merchants offer these prizes in order to attract people to deal with them, and this causes harm to others. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade intercepting travelers to sell to them, and forbade selling to the resident on behalf of the nomad. In order to preserve the interests of the people and so that one person does not monopolize them, thereby depriving the rest, this involves two aspects. One aspect is that it is consuming wealth without compensation, which is gambling and a prohibited competition. The second aspect is that it causes harm to people, specifically the other merchants. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on purchasing the raffle tickets that commercial centers offer?
The Shaykh:
What is its ruling?
The questioner:
What is the ruling on purchasing the raffle tickets that commercial centers offer?
The Shaykh:
This falls under gambling and maysir (gambling), because it is consuming wealth without due right. Also, the merchants offer these prizes in order to attract people to deal with them, and this causes harm to others. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade intercepting travelers to sell to them, and forbade selling to the resident on behalf of the nomad. In order to preserve the interests of the people and so that one person does not monopolize them, thereby depriving the rest, this involves two aspects. One aspect is that it is consuming wealth without compensation, which is gambling and a prohibited competition. The second aspect is that it causes harm to people, specifically the other merchants. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [137 -308] ما حكم شراء قسائم المسابقات في المراكز التجارية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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