What is the ruling on playing with pictures that children play with, where if one of them wins, he takes the pictures from those he is playing with?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on playing with pictures that children play with, where if one wins, he takes the pictures of those he is playing with? Is this gambling?

Answer:
Raising our children on pictures, raising them on pictures, this is not permissible. They become lax about them and grow up with them, and this is what the disbelievers want. They want us to raise our children in opposition to our religion. Pictures are forbidden, and it is not permissible to possess them, neither for playing with them nor for anything else, except for the necessary pictures that a person needs for his affairs that are essential to him, such as a picture for an ID card, a passport, or a driver's license; these are necessary. As for pictures that are kept for playing, or kept for memories, or kept as scenes to hang on the walls, these are forbidden and must be destroyed. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib: Therefore, it is not permissible to possess them except for necessity, and we do not accustom our children to pictures, saying these are toys, and we do not accustom them to gambling, because if they play with them in exchange for taking prizes, this is also raising them to gamble, because taking prizes for games is gambling, so this is not permissible. Yes.