GAMES ON CHANCE AND BETTING IN ISLAMIC LAW

Authors

  • Senad Ćeman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26340/muallim.v19i75.1670

Keywords:

maysir / games on chance, gambling, betting houses, competitions, rewards, loss, Sharia, fatwa

Abstract

UDK 28-74:794.9

This article relates about the position of gambling and games on chance in Islamic law. Gambling is in the letter and in the spirit of Islamic law regarded as illegal way of earning profits. In all four fundamental sources of Sharia law its prohibition is more than clear. Semantic and terminological use of the Qur’anic word maysir is also presented here. The paper further offers a review of most common forms of gambling in pre-Islamic period, in the period of the Revelation of the Qur’an and in contemporary times. It offers a list of regulations regarding the competition for profits, the position of the International Academy of Islamic Law regarding competitions, it explicates the status of the person who is gambling or working in betting business. The article also stresses upon the role and responsibility of an individual and the society in prevention of this vice.

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Published

29-09-2018

How to Cite

Ćeman, S. (2018). GAMES ON CHANCE AND BETTING IN ISLAMIC LAW. Novi Muallim, 19(75), 24–31. https://doi.org/10.26340/muallim.v19i75.1670

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 75 (2018): Novi Muallim br. 75

Section

TEMA BROJA

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