Moral Problem In Gambling
What i have understood in this discussion (60454 also) is: There is no moral basis for gambling because it’s a game of mere chance without any effort invested. I’m just getting other’s money without giving him any service or getting money on someone’s other’s effort (like in horse game). But if i just invest some money based on the opinion of some economic expert and i have no knowledge about that, then would it be haram? Or if i have a field and i have hired people for that and i am just getting money from that field sitting at home, then would it be haram also?
It is not the EFFORT which makes a thing halal or haram, but the nature of the trade and gambling which makes one halal and other haram. In trade, you provide something valuable in return to something valuable, which satisfies and justifies the “loss” of money, while in gambling you earn other money without giving him any thing in return which may satisfy or justify the loss of money, no matter you make an effort for it by yourself or by some agent, the nature of the affair remains the same.