Gambling...............................
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds ofalcoholic drinks), gambling, al-ansaab (stone altars for sacrifices to idols, etc.), and alazlaam
(arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaytaan’s
handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that abomination, in order that you may be successful.”
[al-Maa’idah 5:90]
Gambling was very common during the Jaahiliyyah; in one of the most well-known forms
of gambling, ten people would buy a camel, each paying an equal share, then they would
throw down arrows - a form of drawing lots. Seven people would win unequal shares and
three would be left empty-handed.
Nowadays there are many forms of gambling, including: lotteries and raffles, in which
people pay money to buy numbers, then numbers are drawn for first prize, second prize,
and so on for a variety of prizes. This is haraam, even when it is supposedly done for
charity.
Buying a product which includes something unknown, or paying for a number for a draw
which will decide who gets what.
Another modern form of gambling is insurance, such as life insurance, car insurance,
product insurance, insurance against fire or theft, third party insurance, comprehensive
insurance, and so on. There are so many types of insurance that some singers even
insure their voices!
All of the above are forms of gambling. Nowadays there are even clubs that are devoted
exclusively to gambling, in which there are so-called “green tables” (roulette tables) just
for people to commit this sin. Other forms of gambling include betting on horse races
and other sports, fruit-machines and the like in amusement centres, and competitions in
which the victors win prizes, as a group of scholars have stated.
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