I request clarification on the game of maysir (gambling): what is it, and why is it called maysir?
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Question:
I request clarification on the game of maysir (gambling): what is it? And why is it called maysir?
Answer:
Maysir (gambling) is qimar (gambling), and it is false competition. This false competition is when two people bet that if such and such happens, you owe such and such, and if not, or if such and such happens, you get such and such. This is consuming wealth unjustly. It is not permissible because it is without right, and no betting is permitted except what the Shari'ah has made permissible, which is racing horses and camels, and racing in archery. It is permissible to take compensation for these because they are means of jihad and training for jihad in the path of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. As for other betting, it is not permissible to take money for it because it is consuming wealth unjustly. And Allah the Exalted and Majestic says:[Al-Baqarah 2:188] And He the Exalted and Majestic says: [Al-Ma'idah 5:90-91] and it diverts [Al-Ma'idah 5:91]
And from the remembrance of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and they corrupt morals, along with what is in them of consuming wealth unjustly without right. Wealth is respected and protected, and it is a responsibility for its owners. They do not have the freedom to do with it whatever they wish. Rather, a person does not deal in his wealth except within the limits permitted by the Shari'ah. Otherwise, he will be held accountable for what he has wasted of his wealth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the wasting of wealth. Yes.
I request clarification on the game of maysir (gambling): what is it? And why is it called maysir?
Answer:
Maysir (gambling) is qimar (gambling), and it is false competition. This false competition is when two people bet that if such and such happens, you owe such and such, and if not, or if such and such happens, you get such and such. This is consuming wealth unjustly. It is not permissible because it is without right, and no betting is permitted except what the Shari'ah has made permissible, which is racing horses and camels, and racing in archery. It is permissible to take compensation for these because they are means of jihad and training for jihad in the path of Allah the Exalted and Majestic. As for other betting, it is not permissible to take money for it because it is consuming wealth unjustly. And Allah the Exalted and Majestic says:
And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly
وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِالْبَاطِلِ(90) O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful. (91) Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you not desist?
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِand to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you not desist?
وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَAnd from the remembrance of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and they corrupt morals, along with what is in them of consuming wealth unjustly without right. Wealth is respected and protected, and it is a responsibility for its owners. They do not have the freedom to do with it whatever they wish. Rather, a person does not deal in his wealth except within the limits permitted by the Shari'ah. Otherwise, he will be held accountable for what he has wasted of his wealth. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the wasting of wealth. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أرجو توضيح لعب الميسر ما هو، ولماذا سُمي ميسرًا؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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