The Ruling on Prizes in the Form of Number Draws
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Question:
And Abu Khalaf said that she gives each person who chooses from her a certain number of turns, and then if it lands on Muhammad or one of the others.
Answer:
All of this is consuming wealth unlawfully, and it is due to the greed of the shop owners, so that they direct customers to them because of these prizes. And if this is by number draw, this is gambling. The number and "your luck is your share"—this is gambling, and may Allah protect us from it. This is not permissible. Fatwas have been issued by the Council of Senior Scholars and by the Ifta Committee stating that this is not permissible, that it is gambling, and that it is harming people and shop owners. Because the one who does not offer prizes sees people turning away from him, and he is harmed, and he is not forced to offer prizes. Does this not anger him and does he not dislike this? It is obligatory to prevent this manipulation and this greed that they are doing. As for if it is by means of magic, then this is clear gambling of which there is no doubt. It is not... "Your luck is your share, a number comes out for you and you take the car, a number comes out for you and you have nothing." Yes, yes. You buy it not for the item, you buy it for the prize. If he knows there is a car prize, he goes and buys goods in order to enter the draw and have a prize come out for him. This is wrong. He may buy goods in which he has no desire at all. Is this what they want?
All of it is consuming wealth unlawfully, and it is not permissible to take compensation except in what the Lawgiver has permitted in the three things: transport, or special, or preservation; because these aid in jihad, these are means of jihad. As for these prizes that are not on means of jihad, they are from consuming people's wealth unlawfully, and harming them, and deceiving them. They buy things that have no value in order to obtain this prize. Yes.
And placing a number, for example, in the wrapper of Pepsi or the wrapper of drinks, and whoever finds it gets a car, he goes and buys boxes in case he finds this number, and he has no need to spread it in the street and look for the wrappers in case he finds this number. All of this is consuming wealth in the door. Yes. And it is not permissible that it be... milk, and likewise dairy products, they put this play in it, and this is not permissible.
And Abu Khalaf said that she gives each person who chooses from her a certain number of turns, and then if it lands on Muhammad or one of the others.
Answer:
All of this is consuming wealth unlawfully, and it is due to the greed of the shop owners, so that they direct customers to them because of these prizes. And if this is by number draw, this is gambling. The number and "your luck is your share"—this is gambling, and may Allah protect us from it. This is not permissible. Fatwas have been issued by the Council of Senior Scholars and by the Ifta Committee stating that this is not permissible, that it is gambling, and that it is harming people and shop owners. Because the one who does not offer prizes sees people turning away from him, and he is harmed, and he is not forced to offer prizes. Does this not anger him and does he not dislike this? It is obligatory to prevent this manipulation and this greed that they are doing. As for if it is by means of magic, then this is clear gambling of which there is no doubt. It is not... "Your luck is your share, a number comes out for you and you take the car, a number comes out for you and you have nothing." Yes, yes. You buy it not for the item, you buy it for the prize. If he knows there is a car prize, he goes and buys goods in order to enter the draw and have a prize come out for him. This is wrong. He may buy goods in which he has no desire at all. Is this what they want?
All of it is consuming wealth unlawfully, and it is not permissible to take compensation except in what the Lawgiver has permitted in the three things: transport, or special, or preservation; because these aid in jihad, these are means of jihad. As for these prizes that are not on means of jihad, they are from consuming people's wealth unlawfully, and harming them, and deceiving them. They buy things that have no value in order to obtain this prize. Yes.
And placing a number, for example, in the wrapper of Pepsi or the wrapper of drinks, and whoever finds it gets a car, he goes and buys boxes in case he finds this number, and he has no need to spread it in the street and look for the wrappers in case he finds this number. All of this is consuming wealth in the door. Yes. And it is not permissible that it be... milk, and likewise dairy products, they put this play in it, and this is not permissible.
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