The Ruling on Playing Bridge
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What is the ruling on playing bridge?
Bridge, may Allah reward you. If you were to ask those who play bridge: What happens to their time?They would have said: It passes quickly, and we spend long hours bent over it. This is a waste of time, and time is truly more valuable than money.Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Mu'minun: 99-100] He did not say, "Perhaps I will complete my game."
It also offers no benefit to a person; neither to his body, nor to his thought and intellect. It is merely amusement and a waste of time. If playing it is a waste of time, then a person of sound mind should not spend his time without benefit.
Bridge, may Allah reward you. If you were to ask those who play bridge: What happens to their time?They would have said: It passes quickly, and we spend long hours bent over it. This is a waste of time, and time is truly more valuable than money.Allah the Exalted said:
until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back (100) That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind."
حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ارْجِعُونِ * لَعَلِّي أَعْمَلُ صَالِحاً فِيمَا تَرَكْتُIt also offers no benefit to a person; neither to his body, nor to his thought and intellect. It is merely amusement and a waste of time. If playing it is a waste of time, then a person of sound mind should not spend his time without benefit.