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The Qur'an mentions wine and gambling together with idols and divining arrows, calls them an abomination from the work of Satan, and commands that they be avoided. This is the origin of the prohibition of gambling in Islam.

Al-Ma'ida 90 mentions wine and gambling, and describes them, together with the stone idols and the divining arrows, as an abomination from the work of Satan, and commands that they be avoided. This verse places wine and gambling under a single ruling, which is why this question is linked to the entry on Wine, which sets out the prohibition of intoxicants. The distinction between gambling and similar types of transactions is examined in jurisprudence. This entry sets out the text and its basis without detailing the forms of those transactions.

Details and disagreements are added in the related entries.