The Ruling on Playing Cards — Koutshina?

Question:
He says: I have some free time with my colleagues, and we play cards, or what they call koutshina. Is there any harm in playing it?

Answer:
Yes, if it involves payment or prizes, then it is the forbidden gambling and maysir (gambling). As for if it is without payment, it is also forbidden because it leads to the forbidden. It also involves wasting time, and it contains foolishness for men that is not befitting for men to engage in. Perhaps inappropriate speech occurs between them, so there is no good in it. Yes.