The Ruling on the Card Game

The questioner:
Then he concludes his questions by asking: What is the ruling on the card game?

The Shaykh:
The card game is forbidden, specifically the one with pictures, whether it is the playing cards or the faces of the cards. This game, which contains pictures, is one of the instruments of amusement and is not permissible.

The questioner:
Sirr, sirr.

The Shaykh:
As long as the game we know is the one with pictures. However, a game that has no pictures and does not distract from prayer or from other things is permissible.

The questioner:
They mean, for example,

The Shaykh:
like the ball game.

The questioner:
They say if it is a person of knowledge, and so on, and he plays it, and it does not distract him.

The Shaykh:
No, there is no lesson, there is no lesson, as long as I am...

The questioner:
What evidence do you mean?

The Shaykh:
As long as it has pictures, it is one of the instruments of amusement. It distracts them, harms them, and causes difficulties and conflicts among them. Yes, yes. It is not suitable for people of knowledge or for anyone else.