Ruling on Playing Cards (Bleet) Where the Winner Is Given a Specific Amount
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We often play cards (Bleet) with some wealthy people, and the winner among us is given 200 riyals by them. Is this forbidden and considered gambling? M - A - A
Answer: This game, as described, is forbidden and is a form of gambling. Gambling is the maysir mentioned in the statement of the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:90] Indeed, Satan only wants to cause between you hostility and hatred through intoxicants and gambling, and to turn you away from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you not stop? [Al-Ma'idah: 90 - 91].
It is obligatory for every Muslim to fear Allah and to beware of this game and other types of gambling, so that he may attain success and a good outcome, and be safe from the many evils that result from this game, as mentioned in the two verses.
Answer: This game, as described, is forbidden and is a form of gambling. Gambling is the maysir mentioned in the statement of the Exalted:
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.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنْصَابُ وَالْأَزْلامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ It is obligatory for every Muslim to fear Allah and to beware of this game and other types of gambling, so that he may attain success and a good outcome, and be safe from the many evils that result from this game, as mentioned in the two verses.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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