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Can we bet in any play like winner will give 30% and looser will give 70% and … will be spent on both team?

Answered as per Hanafi Fiqh by Darulifta Deoband Waqf
Assalamualaikum, Can we bet in any play like winner will give 30% and looser will give 70% and total money will be spent on both team?
Jajakallah Khair.

Answer:

Ref. No. 962/41-119

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

It is a kind of gambling (game of chance) which is strictly prohibited in Islam. Gambling refers to the betting or staking of something of value, with consciousness of risk and hope of gain, on the outcome of a game, or a contest. In the case you mentioned above a team may acquire money more than they deposited and another team may lose what they deposited and it is called gambling in Islam. And it is a grave sin.

يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنْصابُ وَالْأَزْلامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ (سورہ مائدۃ 90)

والحاصل أن العدالة إنما تسقط بالشطرنج إذا وجد واحد من خمسة: القمار وفوت الصلاة بسببه وإكثار الحلف عليه واللعب به على الطريق كما في فتح القدير،(شامی 5/483) لأن القمار من القمر الذي يزداد تارة وينقص أخرى، وسمي القمار قمارا لأن كل واحد من المقامرين ممن يجوز أن يذهب ماله إلى صاحبه، ويجوز أن يستفيد مال صاحبه وهو حرام بالنص، ولا كذلك إذا شرط من جانب واحد لأن الزيادة والنقصان لا تمكن فيهما بل في أحدهما تمكن الزيادة، وفي الآخر الانتقاص فقط فلا تكون مقامرة لأنها مفاعلة منه زيلعي (شامی 6/403)۔

And Allah knows best

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Darul Uloom Waqf Deoband

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