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    Question ID: 21712Country: Canada

    Title: I am in Canada.I want to lease a gas/petrol pum from the oil company.According to the rule of this country you are bound to sale lottery tickets in gas station.Can i lease the station with the intention of not getting the income of lottery tickets.

    Question: I am in Canada.I want to lease a gas/petrol pum from the oil company.According to the rule of this country you are bound to sale lottery tickets in gas station.Can i lease the station with the intention of not getting the income of lottery tickets.

    Answer ID: 21712

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 752/515/L=1431)

     

    Selling lottery tickets is unlawful and haram. So taking such a petrol pump on lease where selling of lottery tickets is necessary will be unlawful.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India