How could the Lawgiver forbid dice but permit chess, which is many times worse? If it is played for money then it is indisputably gambling. Even if it is not played for money it is still gambling and haraam, according to most of the scholars… al-Nawawi may Allaah have mercy on him was asked about playing chess, is it forbidden or permissible?
And Allaah knows best. We ask Allaah to help us to do that which He loves and which pleases Him, and to help us to obey Him. Was this answer helpful? No Yes. Password should contain small, capital letter and at least 8 characters long. Log in Create an account. Can't log in to your account?
If you do not have an account, you can click the button below to create one. If you have an account, log in. Create new account Log in. Al-Ahnaf and al-Hanabilah believe that it is forbidden. It is proved from Ali that he was passing by some people who were playing chess and he said, rebuking them: 'what are these statues to which you are devoted? Al-Bulqini , a scholar of Shafiya opposed them and said that if the chess game does not contain or lead to a prohibited act it is allowed.
It is also reported from some Tabi'een such as Saeed bin Jubair, Saeed bin al-Musayyib and others that they sometimes played chess. Al-Malikiyah are of the opinion that playing chess is dislikeable and if one becomes addicted to it then his testimony is not accepted.
Finally, know that playing chess is of three kinds as we mentioned above. Two of them are strictly forbidden while the third situation, according to the majority of Muslim scholars, the scholars of four schools of thought among them, is either forbidden or strongly dislikeable. Thus, the above details are sufficient for a Muslim to avoid playing it. The benefits that are indicated by the questioner do not offer an excuse to play chess since the harms are much more than benefits.
In the view of our scholars it is a decided matter that playing with the instruments of gambling is not permitted even if there is no betting. It is possible that in the background of this decree is the philosophy that contact with those instruments needlessly make man attracted to gambling and especially regarding chess numerous traditions of Imam a.
However Ayatollah Khamenei's website writes:. If the mukallaf recognizes that nowadays chess is no longer a gambling instrument, there is no problem in playing it without betting. And Ayatollah Fadlullah writes:. The issue of determining if the games of amusement are prohibited or allowed doesn't depend on their nature but rather on the way every person makes use of them. For instance, once these games facilitate the way to deviation, and once the person becomes so addicted to them that he forgets his religious duties, social obligations and family responsibilities, then such games become doubtlessly prohibited.
However, if they are taken for entertainment, and if no gambling or betting is associated, then chess or any other invented game is allowed. Chess is haram by consensus if it involves gambling or some other haram act, such as neglecting prayer or causing harm. It is still haram. This is the madhab of the Malikis and Hanbalis, and the view of al-Halimi and al-Rawyani from the Shafi'is. Their evidence includes:. See Sunan al-Bayhaqi page Analogy with Nard.
Nard is a game of dice on which there is mostly consensus that it is haram as there are texts which relate to that:. Chess is similar to if not worse than Nard because it typically involves the same vices. The players get deeply entangled in the game and become neglectful of worship and other duties. And it causes enmity and wastes a lot of time. It is makruh. This is the madhab of the Hanafis and Shafi'is, and one of the sayings of the Malikis.
Their evidence is that it is an idle pastime which is included in the ahadith such as:. All idle pastimes that the Muslim man engages in are falsehood, except for his shooting of his bow, his training of his horse, and his playing with his wife, for they are from truth. It is permitted. This is one of the of the alternative views of Shafi'is and Malikis and the view of Abu Yusuf from the Hanafis.
Their evidence is:. As it sharpens the mind and teaches tactics and strategy - exercises which are useful for jihad. Islamqa quotes and cites that Most of the scholars consider it to be haram irrespective of it involving components of gambling, The hadith and sayings of Sahaba did make a distinction between gambling and Chess, yet ruled it haram. I think that chess is not haram. Its how the person takes it like if he or she that chess is my life and forgets his religion and all important things it is haram on him.
But if he plays it just for fun and entertainment it is not haram. Whereas it is a game which brings patience to the person playing it and god always would like a patient person rather than a impatient one. So its clear that chess Is not haram. If it delays your prayer than it is haram. Some say you can play if no gambling, alcohol or fighting between family and friends is engaged. Different opinions. But the sahaba say something that it is worse chess than dice and gambling.
So to be safe don't play it. Don't play with dice either it's like dying your hand in swine or blood of a pig. Keep researching. No it's not forbidden because people do not play that for betting. If it were haram, they wouldn't be hosting it. Buraida reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle may peace be upon him said: He who played chess is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.
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