{"id":12172,"date":"2019-11-20T17:02:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T17:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=12172"},"modified":"2019-11-20T22:12:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T22:12:12","slug":"can-muslims-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/can-muslims-gamble\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Muslims gamble?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 03061<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by:&nbsp;&nbsp;Alimah Sumeyye Sofu\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Can Muslims gamble?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><b>Answer:<\/b><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em>\u0628\u0633\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u062d\u064a\u0645<\/em><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Holy Quran mentions gambling and alcohol together in the same verse because both of them destroy personal and family lives.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Allah taala says in the Quran: &ldquo;They ask you [Muhammad] concerning wine and gambling. Say: &lsquo;In them is a great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit.&rsquo;&hellip; Thus does Allah make clear to you His Signs, in order that you may consider&rdquo; (Quran 2:219).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Allah tala also says: &ldquo;O you who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, the dedication of stones, and divination by arrows are an abomination of Satan&#39;s handwork. Eschew such abomination, that you may prosper&rdquo; (Quran 5:90).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Whatever Islam forbids something, there is a reason and benefit behind in it for the human.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">There are many disadvantages to gambling. It makes a person forget his creator, prevent from prayers, it becomes an addiction, it increases hatred amongst people, damages relationships and can put one in financial difficulties thus leaving one in despair, depression, anxiety and worst-case scenario feeling suicidal. The following ayah is proof for it:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Satan&#39;s plan is to excite enmity and hatred between you, with intoxicants and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah, and from prayer. Will you not then abstain?&rdquo; (Quran 5:91).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Instead of preoccupying time with this unlawful activity one should return to his lord &amp; earn his wealth in halal ways.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah knows best<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Written by Alimah Sumeyye Sofu<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 03061 Answered by:&nbsp;&nbsp;Alimah Sumeyye Sofu\u200b Question: Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Can Muslims gamble? 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