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‎❌ Short Answer: Polymarket is NOT permissible in Islam.
‎No sugarcoating. No “gray area.” If you’re Muslim and serious about halal earnings, Polymarket is a hard NO.
‎🔍 What Is Polymarket?
‎Polymarket is a prediction market where users bet money on future events:
‎Elections 🗳️‎‎Wars 🌍‎‎Crypto prices 📉📈‎‎Social or political outcomes

‎You put money on an outcome.
‎If you’re right, you profit.
‎If you’re wrong, you lose.
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‎That’s not “investing.” That’s betting.‎
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🎰 Core Islamic Issue: Qimār (Gambling)
‎Islam strictly prohibits Qimār — gaining money based on chance, speculation, or zero-sum games.
‎Polymarket checks every single gambling box:
‎❌ Money is staked‎‎❌ Outcome is uncertain‎❌ One party wins at the expense of another‎❌ No real asset or productive value
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‎Allah says clearly:
‎> “O you who believe! Intoxicants, gambling, idols, and divining arrows are abominations from the work of Satan.”‎(Qur’an 5:90)‎
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‎Polymarket fits this verse perfectly.

‎📉 “But It’s Based on Information & Analysis” — Weak Excuse
‎Let’s kill this argument fast.
‎Using data ❌ does NOT make gambling halal‎Skill ❌ does NOT change the ruling‎Calling it a “market” ❌ does NOT change reality
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‎Poker also uses skill.‎Sports betting also uses analysis.‎Still haram.‎
‎If profit depends on being right about an uncertain future event, it’s gambling. Period.
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‎💰 Another Problem: Haram Wealth
‎Money earned from Polymarket is:
‎❌ Not tied to real economic activity‎❌ Extracted from others’ losses‎❌ Spiritually impure
‎‎Islam doesn’t just care how much you earn — it cares how you earn.
‎Barakah > Fast money.
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‎🧠 Psychological & Ethical Damage
‎Beyond fiqh, Polymarket:
‎Feeds addiction 🔁‎Normalizes speculation over productivity‎Encourages obsession with crises, deaths, and chaos‎Profiting from wars, disasters, or political instability is ethically ugly, even outside Islam.

‎✅ Halal Alternatives (Do This Instead)
‎If you want legit, halal income:
‎📊 Real trading (spot crypto with real assets, not betting)‎🧠 Skills-based freelancing‎🏗️ Building products or services‎📈 Halal investing with ownership & risk-sharing
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‎No shortcuts. No excuses.
‎🛑 Final Verdict
Polymarket is gambling.
‎Gambling is haram.
‎Therefore, Polymarket is haram for Muslims.
‎If someone tells you otherwise, they’re either:
‎Ignorant
‎Chasing quick money
‎Or twisting religion to justify desire
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‎Choose deen over dopamine.‎Choose barakah over bets. 🕌✨‎
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At the start, trading felt like a coin toss dressed up as charts. Some days I won and felt sharp. Other days I lost and told myself it was bad luck. That’s where the confusion lived. Same screen, same market, but two very different mindsets hiding behind the same actions.
When it was gambling, I noticed how fast my hands moved. Enter, exit, re-enter. Heart rate up. Every green candle felt like validation. Every red one felt personal. I chased moves I didn’t understand and stayed longer than I should have because hope is louder than logic. Losses didn’t teach me anything then. They just hurt.
Business felt slower when it finally appeared. Almost boring. I started waiting more than clicking. Fear was still there, but it didn’t run the show. Greed showed up too, but I could see it, name it, sit with it. Wins were smaller, quieter. Losses still came, but they didn’t wreck my head for days.
The strange part is that from the outside, nothing changed. Same market. Same screen. Same risk. The difference was internal. Gambling wanted excitement. Business demanded patience.
That line isn’t drawn by strategy or indicators. It’s drawn by how you behave when no one is watching, and the market doesn’t care how you feel.
$DOGE $HANA $RIVER
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