The Ruling on Buying a Mobile Phone Card for Reception Only

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: There is a new mobile phone card worth three hundred riyals, and it is for receiving only, for a period of one year. Does it carry the same ruling as a regular card?

Answer:
By Allah, the questions regarding deception have multiplied, and people are competing in transactions that are suspicious, involving deception, risks, and gambling. These matters have become widespread, so I see that you should avoid these things and use the phone in a normal way. Do not enter into these matters; this is safer for your conscience and further away from these matters, the least of whose states is that they are doubtful, even though they are from gambling, from consuming people’s wealth unjustly, and from transactions that do not align with any of the correct transactions. They are strange transactions that they invent and create. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you