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Summary
Gambling and generosity
The Sealed Nectar holds that their engagement in maysir was a result of their generosity. They regarded it as one path of generosity, since they would feed the poor with what they won, or with what remained after the winners' shares. That is why the Qur'an does not deny the benefit of wine and gambling, but says that their sin is greater than their benefit (al-Baqara 219) 2. See Virtues of the people of the Jahiliyya.
In the Qur'an
The Qur'an counts maysir along with wine, idol-stones and arrows as an abomination from Satan's handiwork (al-Ma'ida 90).
For young visitors
Maysir is a gambling game with arrows played over the meat of slaughtered camels. God forbade it, and the Qur'an says its sin is greater than its benefit.
Connections
- Revealed in
- Qur'an 2:219
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· Intellectual invasion (al-ghazw al-fikri) in the Sheikh's view· Islamic management· Media and the responsibility of its producers· al-Anwāʾ (Star Rains)· Jahiliyya names of days and months· The ill-omened days· Divining Arrows
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.38
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.47
- Sunan Abi Dawud
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islam.museum contributors. “Maysar (Gambling)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/maysar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.