{"id":40954,"date":"2026-04-08T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=40954"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:51:32","slug":"the-ruling-on-all-forms-of-gambling-maysir-al-qimar-in-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/the-ruling-on-all-forms-of-gambling-maysir-al-qimar-in-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ruling On All Forms Of Gambling (Maysir\/Al-Qimar) In Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 08860<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by: Mufti Sibghat Ullah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Are all forms of gambling (Maysir\/Al-qimar) Haraam?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the <\/strong><strong>Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">All forms of gambling (\u0645\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0633\u0650\u0631 \/ \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0631)\u00a0are\u00a0haram (forbidden)\u00a0in Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Allah says in the Quran<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a>: &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, \u201cIn them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit&#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">(Surah Al-Baqarah 2:219)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">O you who believe! Intoxicants, gambling, stone alters and drawing lots for decisions are abominations of Satan\u2019s work. So, avoid them that you may be successful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">(Surah Al-Maidah, 5:90)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> Quran Surah Baqarah and Surah Maidah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<em>\u064a\u064e\u0633\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e\u0643\u064e \u0639\u064e\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u062e\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0631\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0633\u0650\u0631\u0650 \u06d6 \u0642\u064f\u0644\u0652 \u0641\u0650\u064a\u0647\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0625\u0650\u062b\u0652\u0645\u064c \u0643\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0631\u064c \u0648\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0641\u0650\u0639\u064f \u0644\u0650\u0644\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0633\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u062b\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0647\u064f\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0643\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0631\u064f \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0646\u064e\u0641\u0652\u0639\u0650\u0647\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0627<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u064a\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u064a\u0651\u064f\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0622\u0645\u064e\u0646\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0625\u0650\u0646\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u062e\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0631\u064f \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0633\u0650\u0631\u064f \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u0635\u064e\u0627\u0628\u064f \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0632\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0627\u0645\u064f \u0631\u0650\u062c\u0652\u0633\u064c \u0645\u0651\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0639\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0644\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0651\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0637\u064e\u0627\u0646\u0650 \u0641\u064e\u0627\u062c\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0646\u0650\u0628\u064f\u0648\u0647\u064f \u0644\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u062a\u064f\u0641\u0652\u0644\u0650\u062d\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Written by Mufti Sibghat Ullah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 08860 &nbsp; &nbsp; Answered by: Mufti Sibghat Ullah &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; Are all forms of gambling (Maysir\/Al-qimar) Haraam? &nbsp; &nbsp; In the name&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40955,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40954\/revisions\/40955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}