[Reafnartefs]

Investing and gambling are similar to each other. Actually, betting is closer to investing. They both carry and element of risk, for a potential pay off. At one level, investing is a Halaal method of risking your capital for a payoff, since Allaah says so. Just like the fact that one may be intimate with a member of the opposite gender in several ways, but only the method which includes uttering a few words (eejaab, qabool) and handing over a little cash (mahr) is Halaal. Why aren't other ways Halaal? Allaah says so

Obviously, there are wisdoms behind why investing is Halaal and gambling is not, and why marriage is Halaal and Zinaa is not. I'll leave that for others to contribute. I will say this though, with an elaborate enough analysis, one could probably equate investing with speculation or gambling (with the difference being less of principle, and more of degree - of risk etc ..), but none of that matters. In the eyes of Allaah, the means by which one attains something matters, and the letter of the law matters.

In summary, your life will be much simpler if you adopt the following in matters of faith: Pork is Haraam, cuz it's Haraam - even if it's tasty and is the cure to cancer .