Assalamu alaikum...
Are games of dice or cards haram if the game is played for points not money or prizes (i.e. yahztee (game of dice created with a point system), rummy, uno)?
Jazak Allahu khair in advance.
Amani
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dice or cards?
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, Jan 10 2004 02:41 PM
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#2
Posted 11 January 2004 - 12:35 PM
Salam alikom
Question :
My I have read in another Islamic website that you shouldn't play cards even if you aren't gambling. If this is true, I don't understand why, if you are just playing for the fun of it. If you would please explain.
Jazaka Allah Khairan.
Answer :
The reasons are:
Wasting of time in something which has no benefit in this life nor in the hereafter.
This game of cards is based on the idea of gambling, and it resembles playing with dice, which is clearly prohibited in Islaam, as related in the authentic hadeeth of the Prophet :
"Whoever plays with dice, would (resemble) one who has tainted his hand with the flesh and blood of a pig," narrated by Muslim (2260).
The playing cards include pictures of creations with a soul (the Jack and Queen …).
The rancor, enmity, bitterness, and/or ill-feeling which may occur between the players (shahnaa' wa-baghdaa').
The game promotes cheating, deception, and trickery (ghish wa-tahaayul).
It distracts from the worship of Allaah, and from salaat. Even if one performs salaat on time, and with the congregation in the Masjid, how would he escape the hadeeth of the Prophet :
"Everything other than remembering Allah is (considered) wasteful play except four: a man humoring his wife, a man training his horse, a man walking between targets (learning archery), and man learning swimming," narrated by An-Nasaa'i and authenticated by Al-Albaani (Sahih Al-Jami' 4534).
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Question :
My I have read in another Islamic website that you shouldn't play cards even if you aren't gambling. If this is true, I don't understand why, if you are just playing for the fun of it. If you would please explain.
Jazaka Allah Khairan.
Answer :
The reasons are:
Wasting of time in something which has no benefit in this life nor in the hereafter.
This game of cards is based on the idea of gambling, and it resembles playing with dice, which is clearly prohibited in Islaam, as related in the authentic hadeeth of the Prophet :
"Whoever plays with dice, would (resemble) one who has tainted his hand with the flesh and blood of a pig," narrated by Muslim (2260).
The playing cards include pictures of creations with a soul (the Jack and Queen …).
The rancor, enmity, bitterness, and/or ill-feeling which may occur between the players (shahnaa' wa-baghdaa').
The game promotes cheating, deception, and trickery (ghish wa-tahaayul).
It distracts from the worship of Allaah, and from salaat. Even if one performs salaat on time, and with the congregation in the Masjid, how would he escape the hadeeth of the Prophet :
"Everything other than remembering Allah is (considered) wasteful play except four: a man humoring his wife, a man training his horse, a man walking between targets (learning archery), and man learning swimming," narrated by An-Nasaa'i and authenticated by Al-Albaani (Sahih Al-Jami' 4534).
Islam Q&A
Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid (www.islam-qa.com)
#3
Posted 11 January 2004 - 12:36 PM
Salam alikom
Playing cards
Question: Is it unlawful to play with playing cards even when there is no betting involved?
Answered by Shiekh `Abd al-Wahhâb al-Turayrî, former professor at al-Imâm University in Riyadh
Al-Salâm `Alaykum wa Rahmah Allah wa Barakâtuh.
It is permissible to play with cards if it does not involve betting or gambling.
However, let me remind you of the importance of time in our life. Muslims has many more serious things waiting to be done. Our pious and rightly-guided predecessors were far more concerned about their time than their wealth. It would be so much better if our young people, when they get together, could rather read a useful book like Riyad al-Sâlihîn.
Educational card games for children, however, are not only permissible, they are a productive use of time.
(www.islamtoday.net)
Playing cards
Question: Is it unlawful to play with playing cards even when there is no betting involved?
Answered by Shiekh `Abd al-Wahhâb al-Turayrî, former professor at al-Imâm University in Riyadh
Al-Salâm `Alaykum wa Rahmah Allah wa Barakâtuh.
It is permissible to play with cards if it does not involve betting or gambling.
However, let me remind you of the importance of time in our life. Muslims has many more serious things waiting to be done. Our pious and rightly-guided predecessors were far more concerned about their time than their wealth. It would be so much better if our young people, when they get together, could rather read a useful book like Riyad al-Sâlihîn.
Educational card games for children, however, are not only permissible, they are a productive use of time.
(www.islamtoday.net)
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