How can u HALALIZE Gambling/Lotto Winnings ?

[AbdiWahab252]

How can u halalize Gambling or Lotto winnings ? Does donating some of it make it legit money ? Say if U used it to help the needy ?

[Citizen X]

Does buying lottery tickets fall into the category of gambling which is haram? What response would you give to people who claim to be only occassional gamblers?



Answer:

Lotteries and raffles are other names for gambling, which is haraam according to the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and the consensus of the scholars. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, and Al Ansaab (stone altars for sacrifices to idols, etc.), and Al Azlaam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaytaan’s (Satan’s) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful.

Shaytaan (Satan) wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allaah and from As Salaah (the prayer). So, will you not then abstain?” [al-Maa’idah 5:90-91]

It is not permissible for the Muslims to engage in any kind of gambling at all, whether the money collected from gambling is to spent on charitable projects or otherwise, because it is evil and forbidden, as indicated by the general meaning of the evidence (daleel), and because the earnings derived from gambling are among the kinds of earnings which we must avoid and beware of. And Allaah is the Source of strength. (Fataawa Islamiyyah, 4/442)

Shaykh Muhammad al-Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen was asked:

What is the ruling on taking part in lotteries, which means that a person buys a ticket and if he is lucky he gets a lot of money, knowing that this person intends to use that money for Islamic projects and to help the mujaahideen so that they will benefit from that?

He answered:

What the questioner describes, where a person buys a ticket then if he is lucky – as he says – he gets a lot of money, comes under the heading of gambling, of which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, and Al Ansaab (stone altars for sacrifices to idols, etc.), and Al Azlaam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are an abomination of Shaytaan’s (Satan’s) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful.

Shaytaan (Satan) wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allaah and from As‑Salaah (the prayer). So, will you not then abstain?

And obey Allaah and the Messenger (Muhammad), and beware (of even coming near to drinking or gambling or Al Ansaab, or Al Azlaam) and fear Allaah. Then if you turn away, you should know that it is Our Messenger’s duty to convey (the Message) in the clearest way” [al-Maa’idah 5:90-91]

This gambling – which is any transaction in which a person may win or lose, and he does not know whether he will be a winner or a loser – is all haraam. Indeed, it is one of the major sins, and its abhorrent nature is no secret when one realizes that Allaah mentions it in conjunction with idol-worship, alcohol and azlaam (arrows for seeking luck or decision). Whatever benefits may be hoped for from gambling pale into insignificance beside the harm that it causes. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“They ask you (O Muhammad) concerning alcoholic drink and gambling. Say: ‘In them is a great sin, and (some) benefits for men, but the sin of them is greater than their benefit.’”

[al-Baqarah 2:219]

Think about this aayah, where benefits (manaafi’) are mentioned in the plural, and sin (ithm) is mentioned in the singular. Allaah did not say, “In it are many sins and (some) benefits for men”, rather He said (interpretation of the meaning): “a great sin”. This is an indication that the benefits, no matter how numerous they may be, are insignificant when compared with this great sin; the great sin far outweighs them. So its sin is greater than its benefits, no matter what they are. (Fataawa Islamiyyah, 4/441)

With regard to a person’s saying that he only gambles occasionally, this is like one who says that he only commits adultery occasionally, or he only steals occasionally, or he only lies occasionally. Does the fact that he commits that haraam action only rarely means that it is not a sin and that he is not exposed to the wrath of Allaah? How does he know that this rare action will not develop into something that is done more frequently, until it becomes a habit? In fact this is what usually happens, especially in the case of those who are afflicted by gambling. He should fear Allaah and abstain from that which Allaah has forbidden to him.

And Allaah knows best.

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[Samatr]

A better question is how can you play poker without it being haram.

[Cawar]

"Adin ya bilal was merely "oi yow, Bilal boy go and shout will you?"

If Azan was important why didn't the prophet or Ali or Hamza call for it?"

Galol

Its ironic how you picked this thread to answer out of all the others, anyho..the above qoute is where i stopped reading, because yours in not only filled with lies and propaganda its worst than any smear campaign that i have witnessed in snet.

The Rasul CSW used to say : " Arixnii yaa bilaal bisowtik" which as you know means that Bilal RA had a beautiful voice , hence his choice for the voice of the Muazin. stop distorting and misraresenting the facts, if you have something to object to do it the way you want but dont distort the facts.

[Nassab]

Doesn't Galol have a sense of pride, everytime I visit this corner of the internet, he is being caught with a blatant lie after lie, I remember once he came up with a distorted Xadeeth, claiming that the Prophet (SAW) said support your brother even if he is the opprressor, but was caught by a guy called JB (I think) Galol omitted the most half of the hadeeth which was, when the Sahaba asked the prophet how they would support if their brother is the oppressor, the prophet (SAW) said, refrain him from the act of oppressing or aggressing.

This old goat has no shame at all, he comes back again and again with the same line of crooked truth and he will always be caught. Nacala ku yaal

[AbdiWahab252]

what happened to answering my lotto question >

[Mowhawk]

[quote="AbdiWahab252"]what happened to answering my lotto question >[/quote]

Abdi

I'm not a shiekh, but what I know is that gambling and the proceeds of gambling are xaraam. If someone won the lottery and wants to make a towba, then h/she have to donate all the proceeds to a charity.

[LionHeart-112]

Go read some books and win the money on Jeapordy.

only a gaal wanna be would ask such dumb question..

[optimist_1]

I dont think one can ''halalize'' Gambling or similair sins. But i guess you'll have to give away the money and not use it yourself and i think you will not get a reward for giving away the ''easily got money''. Since its Haram in the first place. (bear in mind a open gambler can never be an Islamic leader (Imam).)

From the great Abdul Majid Daryabad

''The devastating result of gambling on a large scale are too patent to be dwelt on at length. And as ethics,even according to European moralist,gambling is nothing short of robbery by mutual agreement. . Gambling houses are almost everywhre notorious centres of crime and prostitution.''Sexual activity'' as observed by a German writer, ''is often combined with gambling,as is anything which will induce a state of high nervous excitement' ''

1 And gambling,remarks another observer,generally '' leads to other excesses, little good comes from the easily got money: one us in the mood for pleasure, and he who seeks to drown his care and so takes refuge in both wine and woman''

2.Says an English Chronicler speak of 11th century England: '' Suicide was a thing that happened very often during his extraordinary period as the result of heavy betting: and wild extravagance was not confined to the young,mean, for the olf Gamblers were the most addicted and most reckless of the time. Staid states men lost as heavily and as madly as the raw striplings: and the insidious disease spread to the women . Among the Women gamblers rge greatest tragedy was that many of them paid the debt which they could not meet in casg by the sacrifice of their honour''

(An ancient is story is that of of the Indian king Yudhisthira playing away all his wealth and kingdom, and finnaly his brothers,himself and his wife, in a game of dice? (The Mahabharata)

[Cawar]

[quote="Galol"]Cawar

Arixnii bisowtak confirms my claim: Oi, slave fiddler fiddle and shout for prayers.

It is the age old activity of the slave man: fiddling, cooking, singing to please his master. hasn't changed really has it? the only activity descendants of black slaves excel in the Arab world is EXACTLY the same: they sing to make their masters happy. All dance and music troupes in places like Saudi and the Gulf including Iraq are black.

You see you just reinforced my claim. Clever illow, not.[/quote]

Galol

It confirms nothing, but you see and hear whatever you want to see and hear...its that simple old man.

A Muazin was and still remains a higly regarded position among muslims, and they are chosen as you are very well aware of on the merits of their performance(voice), relaiability, punctuality and leadership quality.

Tell me if the Muazin of the Kacba is a so called ex-slave or of african origin..or if any muazin you have seen in somalia when you used to attend the masjids(i am sure you did even if its once in your life) was a so called Jareer?? well i know you cant...therefore you are still barking on the wrong tree and will always do so....but try to be objective next time and back it up with facts instead of opinions, propaganda and lies!!

I know you are a clever old man, i give you that...but dont think i wont level with you as you know i could and would, esp. when you lie about the diin.

AW

I think gambling is Haram, and the lottery, some say, eventually falls into that category...but i am not sure if i would turn away from few million $$ if i won it

[Sir-Luggoyo]

Abdi Hutu,

So robbery is not enough, now you resorted to gambling Ar Habartaa Gidiraa, when will you guys stop amassing Xaraam wealth? Listen to your Abgaal (Opti) counterpart, they were always your source of religion even though you recently tainted their good name and influenced them with your greed.

How many ppl told you it's Xaraam and you keep on asking as if asking more will change their mind and give you the green light. However, as you were bent towards Kaafiristan lately, why bother what Islam says about gambling?

[Pablo Escobar]

Nacas ku dhalay wasee ninka ragaa guskiisa ka fuq.

[Sir-Luggoyo]

[quote="Pablo Escobar"]

Nacas ku dhalay wasee ninka ragaa guskiisa ka fuq.

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Maxaa dhacay ma adaa isu rabay?

[Apallo]

"Maxaa dhacay ma adaa isu rabay?"


AW:
there was a point when i was like you and i thought a lil gambling was just innocent harmless fun but wallahi the shid is destructive! At first it starts out with playing proline(betting on football games) on the weekends then your buying a lottery ticket here and there and before you know it your wife is leaving you for spending the welfare cheque and rent money at the casino honestly bro its xaraam for a reason and i know people who wish there never got in that shid!

[AbdiWahab252]

Well, I am donating my proceeds to some schools in Mudug. The winnings will help pay for 3 teachers salary and breakfast for 60 kids for 1 year.

I always get lucky especially at roulette.