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Is bitcoins a halal investment instrument
Is this bitcoin internet currency halal considering the fact that it has no intrinsic value and is almost randomly mined(Chance?). Excessive computational power is required to increase the chances of ...
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Are raffles halaal or haraam? (Shia view please)
Recently I saw a Shia mosque holding a fund raising raffle ticket competition where the winner would get a fully paid for umrah trip.
What is a raffle?
Wikipedia - A raffle is a gambling ...
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Are products which offer a chance for free gifts permissible?
Marketers often lure customers with special offers on products, allowing consumers to win prizes by luck. For example, lucky gold coins in detergent powder or chances to win a holiday with "XYZ" ...
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Is playing with backgammon Haram?
There is a hadith from Burayda by Imam Muslim in his Sahih,
"Whoever plays Backgammon is as one who dipped his hand in swine's blood".
I gather from this that, games of chance & playing with ...
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Is participating in the game show “Deal or No Deal” haram?
There is a game show called Deal or No Deal, where people are presented with a number of boxes containing unknown amounts of token money, and the contestant has to try and eliminate boxes which have ...
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Is it halal to place stakes on a sports challenge?
Consider: a couple of friends gather together and organize a football match, where the losers would buy (non-alcoholic) drinks for the winners. Is this kind of challenge acceptable in Islam?
I am ...
