In Islam, Maisir (Arabic: ميسر, romanized: maisîr, maysir, maisira or قمار qimâr)[1] refers to gambling. Maisir is totally prohibited by Islamic law (Sharia) on the grounds that:

the agreement between participants is based on immoral inducement provided by entirely wishful hopes in the participants' minds that they will gain by mere chance, with no consideration for the possibility of loss.[1]

Etymology

Both qimar and maisir refer to games of chance, but qimar is a kind—or subset—of maisir.[2] Author Muhammad Ayub defines maisir as:

...wishing something valuable with ease and without paying an equivalent compensation for it or without working for it, or without undertaking any liability against it by way of a game of chance,[2]

Another source—Faleel Jamaldeen—defines it as "the acquisition of wealth by chance (not by effort)".[3] Ayub defines qimar as:

also mean[ing] receipt of money, benefit or usufruct at the cost of others, having entitlement to that money or benefit by resorting to chance;[2]

Jamaldeen also refers to maisir as: "any game of chance".[3]

In scripture

It is stated in the Quran that games of chance which include money, including maisir, are a "grave sin" and "abominations of Satan's handiwork". It is also mentioned in the Hadith.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Islamic Finance. Q&A. What is the Difference Between Qimar and Maisir?". investment-and-finance. Sep 21, 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Ayub, Muhammad (2007). Understanding Islamic Finance. Wiley. ISBN 9780470687710. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 Jamaldeen, Faleel (2012). Islamic Finance For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 17. ISBN 9781118233900. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Quran 2:219 Quran Surah Al-Baqara ( Verse 219 )
  5. ↑ Quran 5:90–91
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maisir