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What is maysir?
Answered by the ShariaQuant team
Maysir is gambling, and the fiqh definition is precise. You need a zero sum transfer that depends on an uncertain event, where each side can only win what the other loses, and neither side is producing anything. Prediction markets and binary options hit that definition even when they market themselves as information tools.
Maysir: investing or gamblingThis is Shariah screening and education, not financial advice. Rulings on newer products differ between scholars, so where a question is disputed we say so rather than pick a side for you. If your situation is unusual, ask your own scholar.