Prizes and competitions on chance : a card game without any money

Fatawa Question

Salam Alaykum Professor, I understand if you're busy then you may not have time to answer, but if you do may Allah reward you for your efforts. The issue is whether the game called 'Yu-Gi-Oh ! ' that my friends play is Halal and if it's like gambling, it's a leisure activity they participate in. Summary of the game : my old friends play a trading card game which is largely strategy based I'll give a quick summary of how it works. Each player creates a deck of cards, there are thousands of cards to choose from but a player picks about forty that they feel go well together and that they can win with these forty or so cards are called a deck. Each player then takes turns to pick up cards from their own forty card deck. Each card can do something different in the game which is why I say it's mostly strategy based as you need to decide which cards are best to play in which situation. There is some element of luck though as when you're taking turns to pick cards you could keep picking cards that are of little use in that situation. The question is : Is it Halal to play this game with my friends without any money ? Is it Halal to play this game in a tournament where each player must pay a small entry fee and compete for prizes at the end ? And what if I pay the entry fee then if I do win the prize, if I give the prize to someone else is this any different ? JazakAllah Khair Uncle, Shamir

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Publication Date

2010-08-23

Main Subjects

Financial and Accounting Sciences
Religion
Islamic Studies

Topics

• Islamic jurisprudence
• Awards
• Profits
• Money
• Administrative fees
• Cards competitions
• Payments
• Contests
• Commissions

No. of Pages

1

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-733923

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