The Ruling on the Ludo Game

Question:
Please, Dr. Ali al-Ghaym from Senegal. Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. And upon you be peace, and Allah's mercy and blessings. Our father, Your Eminence Shaykh Salih al-Hawzan, for these enlightening guidelines from which we have benefited greatly, and we ask for what we have benefited from the Shaykh's knowledge. We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to prolong his life, to grant him health and well-being, and to make Islam and the Muslims benefit from him. My question, O Shaykh, concerns jurisprudence. This game has spread, especially in Ramadan, and we see it among many people, and people ask about it. It is the Ludo game. I wanted to know what the ruling of the Shari'ah is regarding this game. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The religion of Islam is a religion of seriousness and work. And knowledge. It contains no play or games, as it is said. Yes, there is a place for bringing joy to the Muslims. And there is an opportunity for broad-mindedness between a Muslim and his Muslim brother, and there is an opportunity for getting to know one another, bonding, brotherhood, and mutual advice. Praise be to Allah, our religion is open to whoever wants good and wants salvation. And wants to reach Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
So there is no reaching Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and His Paradise, and His pleasure, except through this great religion which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left us upon, and He commanded us to hold fast to it, until the Day of Judgment. So whoever meets Allah with this religion has succeeded and triumphed, and whoever meets Allah with other than this religion has failed and lost. So no religion remains.
No religion remains on the face of the earth except this religion, a valid religion, a pure religion. Who is the Preserver?
As Allah the Exalted said: meaning the Qur'an So this religion is preserved by Allah, and it cannot be lost, for Allah has guaranteed its preservation. This is unlike the other religions. As for the other religions, Allah entrusted their preservation to the rabbis and the monks, so they lost it. They corrupted it, and myths and religious innovations (bid'ah) entered into it until it was changed.
And Allah has wisdom in this, in that He sent this religion as a replacement for them and sufficient for whoever holds fast to it, so no religion remained after this religion except the religion of Islam. Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, entrusted the preservation of the religion to the rabbis and the monks, and they lost it. But as for this Islamic religion, Allah has guaranteed its preservation.
And that is by preserving the Qur'an and the Sunnah which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought, so this Islam remained as it was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), no alteration, addition, or subtraction extended to it. And Allah has guaranteed its preservation, so He did not entrust its preservation to the scholars or the rabbis and the monks. Rather, He, Mighty and Majestic, guaranteed its preservation Himself, so this religion remained as it was revealed to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). We ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to grant us the ability to hold fast to it and to follow its path, and that we meet Allah, Mighty and Majestic, with it. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and all his Companions.