Is gambling or betting forbidden in Islam?

Gambling means to give or take money or goods depending on something that is not known how it will end. No matter what the name is, any game or bet that has this property and that is played in return for money or goods is called gambling. read more

Betting is also a form of gambling. It is said that gambling is haraam because Allah has forbidden it. Gambling makes people rely on luck and wishful thinking for his earnings, it also results to enmity and hatred to other people/players, it can cause stress and mental breakdown. read more

There is no difference between alcohol and gambling in terms of being forbidden and being a sin. Allah renders them haram in the same verse: " O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination― of Satan's handiwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper." (al-Maida, 5/90). read more

According to all Islamic jurists, games that include the special means of gambling such as cards, backgammon, etc. are forbidden if they are accompanied with betting. Moreover, every kind of game that is played through betting is forbidden. read more