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**TheBest-Host** · 09-12-2007, 10:56 AM

According to the Shafi'i school, dice are Haram. That includes Monopoly, and includes games where there is no gambling. It is not the result of being too legalistic. The Islamic law frequently distinguishes between the "reason" for a prohibition and the prohibition itself. In these cases, if the reason for the prohibition is not there, then the prohibited thing is not prohibited. If dice were such a case, then they would be always Haram.

What about using a spinner to play Monopoly? You know, you have a pointer in the middle of a wheel and you spin it around and the end points to a number, and then you move your token that many spaces?

A Muslim lady I've talked to is married to a man who follows the Zahari school, which is very literal, and she told me that spinners are okay.

09-12-2007, 10:56 AM	#3
TheBest-Host Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	According to the Shafi'i school, dice are Haram. That includes Monopoly, and includes games where there is no gambling. It is not the result of being too legalistic. The Islamic law frequently distinguishes between the "reason" for a prohibition and the prohibition itself. In these cases, if the reason for the prohibition is not there, then the prohibited thing is not prohibited. If dice were such a case, then they would be always Haram. What about using a spinner to play Monopoly? You know, you have a pointer in the middle of a wheel and you spin it around and the end points to a number, and then you move your token that many spaces? A Muslim lady I've talked to is married to a man who follows the Zahari school, which is very literal, and she told me that spinners are okay.
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