Raffle draws - Haram?

[xAllahKnowsBestx]

:salam2:

My mom's been signing up for these survey thingies [Like those Price Chopper, Hannaford ones lol] where they add your name to the list and do this whole raffle thing once you fill out this form...
I know how lotteries and all that are Haram [Please correct me if I'm wrong], but do these count as well? I told my mom that I doubted it and was gonna look it up, so here I am asking you people!


Is it Haram?

 

[Tabassum07]

:salam2:
Yes, I also wanted to know this. As far as I knew, it is haraam, but one online hijab show holds regular raffles, and I was wondering if I could take part?

 

[Aapa]

Salaam,

We had a thread on this not too long ago. And if I am correct it is not a good thing.

 

[ahmed_indian]

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do u mean to say like i buy some products from a supermarket and they give me a coupon to write my name, etc and throw into the box.

then they'll randomly choose a coupon through a draw. u meant this? if yes, then i think its permissible.....its permitted in saudi arabia. *though they banned scratch and win types*

 

[ShyHijabi]

:salam2:

I have participated in charity raffles. Someone donates something for the raffle, say a house cleaning service, and people will pay for a ticket for a drawing for the service. The money made from the raffle is used towards a charity. There is no interest and there is no gambling to this.

Now there are raffles where they are strictly for profit. Like I place something in the raffle but I want to gain payment for said item. This is little more than an underhanded way to run a business. I don't know if it is haram but it is dishonest in the least. Raffles are supposed to be about gaining money for a charitable cause, not lining the pockets of businesses.

 

[BrotherInIslam7]

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do u mean to say like i buy some products from a supermarket and they give me a coupon to write my name, etc and throw into the box.

then they'll randomly choose a coupon through a draw. u meant this? if yes, then i think its permissible.....its permitted in saudi arabia. *though they banned scratch and win types*

:salam2:

The rule is that if the prices of the commodities are hiked during the raffle period, then it becomes prohibited as it forms a form of gambling.

However, if the store owner doesn't hike the price of the commodities and the raffle prize is something that he takes from his *own* profit. Then this can be looked as a gift. I have heard a scholar say that it is permissible in such a case.

And Allah knows best.

Salaam,

We had a thread on this not too long ago. And if I am correct it is not a good thing.

I remember that I had sent my imam a question with regards to raffle. Unfortunately he has gotten around answering it so far. Sorry about that.

Wasalaamalaykum waa rahmatullahi

 

[zinirah]

Yes it's haram

 

[ShyHijabi]

Yes it's haram

Daleel? Otherwise this is viewed as a fatwa you just issued.

 

[xAllahKnowsBestx]

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do u mean to say like i buy some products from a supermarket and they give me a coupon to write my name, etc and throw into the box.

then they'll randomly choose a coupon through a draw. u meant this? if yes, then i think its permissible.....its permitted in saudi arabia. *though they banned scratch and win types*

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. She got this coupon with a pin number after buying all the groceries, and we had to go online and fill out a survey. Whenever you fill out a survey, your name goes in the raffle and they pick a name randomly.

 

[Tabassum07]

So all these "one lucky winner will win blah" raffles are actually permissable?

I've been missing out, I think

 

[BrotherInIslam7]

So all these "one lucky winner will win blah" raffles are actually permissable?

I've been missing out, I think

:salam2:

If the price are not hiked, during the raffle time. The owner parts with a portion of his *own* profit, so it can be considered to be a 'gift'. There is nothing wrong in that InshaAllah.

In the other scenario, the owner is only accumulating *extra* money from all people (by hiking prices) and then using that *extra* money to give it to certain *lucky winners*, which is a form of gambling and is prohibited. We shouldn't take part in those raffles or lucky draws.

This is the opinion of some scholars. I am unsure if all scholars agree with it, but this is what I have heard from the shaykh at my masjid.

And Allah knows best.

 

[xAllahKnowsBestx]

:salam2:

If the price are not hiked, during the raffle time. The owner parts with a portion of his *own* profit, so it can be considered to be a 'gift'. There is nothing wrong in that InshaAllah.

In the other scenario, the owner is only accumulating *extra* money from all people (by hiking prices) and then using that *extra* money to give it to certain *lucky winners*, which is a form of gambling and is prohibited. We shouldn't take part in those raffles or lucky draws.

This is the opinion of some scholars. I am unsure if all scholars agree with it, but this is what I have heard from the shaykh at my masjid.

And Allah knows best.

Oh, that makes sense. I guess it's okay then.
Thanks for answering!

 

[ditta]

As-salaamu'Alaykum,

If this is in relation to like store prizes then maybe the Fatawa by Shaykh Abdullah bin Baz (rahimahullaah) applies?

Question

Is it permissible for us to participate in competitions organised by stores or companies, competitions wherein prizes are distributed?

Answer

All praise is for Allah Almighty; O Allah, send prayers and salutations on Muhammad , his family, and his Companions.

We notice that more and more companies and stores are advertising competitions: they offer prizes to people who buy their products. Often people will buy products, not because they need them, but because they want the prize. This scheme is a form of gambling and it leads to wrongly taking peoples' wealth.

Moreover, companies gain customers by this insidious scheme, diverting people from companies who sell products that are similar in quality. This scheme is unlawful, and so is the prize - it is a prize that is won through a form of gambling. The companies who tempt people in this manner should desist and compete fairly with others in the market:

"O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another). Surely, Allah is Most Merciful to you. And whoever commits that through aggression and injustice. We shall cast him into the Fire, and that is easy for Allah."

(Qur'aan, an-Nisa' 29-30)

This is a form of gambling: so it is not a legitimate form of trade since it is a form of the gambling which Allah has made unlawful due to its traits of wrongfully consuming people's wealth, and breeding enmity and hatred among them.

Allah Almighty said:

"O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), gambling, Al-Ansab (stone altars), and al-Azlam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaytan's handiwork. So avoid that in order that you may be successful. Shaytan wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from as-Salah. So, will you not then abstain."

(Qur'aan, al-Ma'idah 90-91)

We ask Allah to grant us and all of the Muslims to do what is right, to earn His pleasure, and we ask Him to rectify the affairs of His worshippers and that He take all of us away from every deed that opposes His Shari'ah indeed He is the Most Generous and Most Noble.

May Allah send peace and blessings upon Muhammad , his family, and his Companions.

Ibn Baz (rahimahullaah)

Source: Fatawa Islamiyah, Volume 8

There is another ruling in relation to charities organising lotteries to fund its activities which is also not allowed, as per the ruling.

Isn't a raffle just another form of lottery? If so, then it seems quite clear.

Wa-alaykum-us-Salaam.

 

[xAllahKnowsBestx]

:salam2:

@Ditta
Thank you very much for answering. I think it's better to stay away from it.