(“The association between gambling marketing and unplanned gambling spend: Synthesised findings from two online cross-sectional surveys (2022)”, Addictive Behaviors, Vol. (“How Casinos Enable Gambling Addicts”, The Atlantic Magazine, December 2016, www.theatlantic.com)However, online gambling is even more dangerous than traditional gambling. For example, in the time of the Promised Messiahas, Hazrat Munshi Barkat Ali Khanra, a companion of the Promised Messiahas, used to buy lottery tickets before accepting Ahmadiyyat, which later won him a sum of seven and a half thousand rupees. Otherwise, the Promised Messiahas clearly prohibited acquiring wealth by unlawful means in order to give it as charity. And yet, it is clear that without the teachings of Islam and, consequently, the guidance of the Promised Messiahas and Mahdi of the age, gambling remains a trap.

Source: New York Times May 20, 2023 00:25 UTC