Gambling
البقرة يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَ الْمَيْسِرِ قُلْ فِيهِما إِثْمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَ مَنافِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَ إِثْمُهُما أَكْبَرُ مِنْ نَفْعِهِما
(Surah) Al Baqarah: They are asking you about the wine and ‘الْمَيْسِرِ ’ the gambling. Say: ‘In both of these is a grave sin and benefit for the people, and their sin is greater than their profit’. [2:219]
وَ قَالَ ص وَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَ هَاتَيْنِ الْكَعْبَتَيْنِ الْمَوْسُومَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا مِنْ مَيْسِرِ الْعَجَمِ
And (Rasool Allah-saww) said: ‘And beware of these two dice (and chess) – these two are from the gambling (activities) of the non-Arabs’.[1]
الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي عَنِ ابْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: كُلُّ مَا أَلْهَى عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ مِنَ الْمَيْسِرِ
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – from Ibn Al Salt, from Ibn Uqdah, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Ali Al-Husayni, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abdullah Bin Ali,
From Al-Reza-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from Ali-asws, may the Salawaat and the greeting be upon them-asws having said: ‘All what distracts from Zikr of Allah-azwj, it is from ‘الْمَيْسِرِ’ the gambling’.[2]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 98 H 23 e
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 76 – The Book of Evil deeds – Ch 98 H 3