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'Poverty is red death.' The narrator said, 'I asked Abu 'Abdullah [al-Sadiq] (AS), 'Poverty of dinars and dirhams?' He said, 'No, rather poverty in one's faith.'

Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as]

al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 266, no. 2

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Question : #279

Category: Business / Investment

Subject:	playing games of chance, Sistani
Question:	What is the ruling according to Ayatollah Sistani on buying and playing lottery tickets and other such games of chance?
Answer:	It is not permissible.

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