The Ruling on Investment Certificates and Lottery Tickets
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The questioner:
Who says that investment certificates are permissible, Honorable Shaykh? Who says that investment certificates are permissible, where one buys a certificate for five pounds or ten pounds or ten riyals, and then earns thirty thousand pounds afterward?
The Shaykh:
I did not understand. I did not understand, O...
The questioner:
Investment tools and lottery tickets: one buys a ticket for one pound or five pounds, and then, through a computer, a specific number is drawn, and the winners are the lucky ones.
The Shaykh:
This is gambling, which is not permissible in any form.
Who says that investment certificates are permissible, Honorable Shaykh? Who says that investment certificates are permissible, where one buys a certificate for five pounds or ten pounds or ten riyals, and then earns thirty thousand pounds afterward?
The Shaykh:
I did not understand. I did not understand, O...
The questioner:
Investment tools and lottery tickets: one buys a ticket for one pound or five pounds, and then, through a computer, a specific number is drawn, and the winners are the lucky ones.
The Shaykh:
This is gambling, which is not permissible in any form.
Source
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