The Ruling on Playing Cards, Chess, and Kerem
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Question: What is the ruling on playing cards, chess, and kerem?
Answer: The ruling on playing with these things is prohibition; because they are among the instruments of amusement that distract from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. This is the well-known position among the scholars of knowledge; because they occupy and amuse and distract from good, and they involve competition that may lead to great evil between the players, and they may occupy them from what Allah has made obligatory upon them.
Answer: The ruling on playing with these things is prohibition; because they are among the instruments of amusement that distract from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. This is the well-known position among the scholars of knowledge; because they occupy and amuse and distract from good, and they involve competition that may lead to great evil between the players, and they may occupy them from what Allah has made obligatory upon them.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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