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Subject: scholarships

Author:
amjad

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Date Posted: 16:48:28 10/10/02 Thu
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assalam alaikum

i am applying for scholarships, and i would like to know if it is haram to accept scholarships from companies that work in the haram business. well i have a 4.0 and i can apply for the Florida academic scholars award( pays for everything) but it is funded by the Florida Lottery, it even says that all scholarships are funded by the FLORIDA LOTTERY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WOULD BE HARAM to accept this scholarship from this company.

Jazak Allah Khairun
assalam alaikum

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[> Subject: 'Leave what gives you doubt .

Author:
Moustafa Morsy.
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Date Posted: 19:46:48 10/10/02 Thu
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Alikom Assalaam.
An-Nu'man ibn Bashir said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'The halal is clear and the haram is clear. But between the two there are doubtful things about which most people have no knowledge. Whoever exercises caution with regard to what is doubtful, shows prudence in respect of his deen and his honour. Whoever gets involved in the doubtful things is like a herdsman who grazes his animals near a private preserve (hima). He is bound to enter it. Every king has a private preserve and the private preserve of Allah on His earth are the things that He has made forbidden. There is lump of flesh in the body, the nature of which is that when it is sound, the entire body is sound, and when it is corrupt, the entire body is corrupt - it is the heart.'" [Agreed upon].

Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali said, "I memorised from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, 'Leave what gives you doubt for what gives you no doubt.'" [at-Tirmidhi.
And Allah Knows Best.
Moustafa Morsy.