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Fatawa: Playing Chess: Permissible?
Contemporary Fatawa

Question: Playing Chess: Permissible?
Answer:

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear sister in Islam, thanks a lot for your question which reflects your care
to have a clear view of the teachings of Islam. Allah commands Muslims to refer
to people of knowledge to get themselves well-acquainted with the teachings of Islam.
In his well-known book, The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam,
the prominent Muslim scholar, Sheik Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, states:

"Chess is a very popular game, and the opinion of jurists concerning it varies.
Some scholars consider it halal (permissible), others consider it makruh (reprehensible),
and still others consider it haram (unlawful).

Those who consider it haram cite some hadiths in support of their view,
but researchers have proved that chess did not appear
until after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Thus all such hadiths must have been fabricated.

The Companions of the Prophet (may Allah be pleased with them all) themselves
held different views about playing chess. Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)
said that it is worse than backgammon and `Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)
regarded it as gambling (perhaps meaning when it is played for money),
while some others merely expressed disapproval of it.

However, some Companions and some of the second generation of scholars allowed it.
Among those were Ibn `Abbas, Abu Hurayrah, Ibn Sirin, Hisham bin `Umrah, and Sa`id Ibn Al-Musayyib.
We agree with those great jurists, since the original principle is the permissibility of acts
and no text is to be found prohibiting it.

Moreover, in addition to being a game and a recreation,
chess is also a mental exercise which requires thought and planning.
In this respect, it is the opposite of backgammon,
for while backgammon is a game of chance and therefore comparable to divining with arrows,
chess is a game of skill and strategy, which may be compared to archery.

However, playing chess is permissible only if the following conditions are met:

1- One should not get so absorbed in it that he delays his prayer;
chess is well-known to be a stealer of time.

2- There should be no gambling involved.

3- The players should not utter obscenities or vulgarities.

If any of these conditions are not met it should be considered as haram."

You can also read:
Islam and Recreation

May Allah guide you to the straight path, and direct you to that which pleases Him, Amen.


Country Of Origin : Morocco

Fatawa Issuing Body : Islam Online
Author/Scholar : Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
Date Of Issue : 25/Dec/2003

Note: http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543132
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My Comment:
"Fatawa" or "Fatwa"?
Qaradawi writes another item that seems correct to me...
But one Islaamic website says that Qaradawi is one writer who should not be believed...
Now WHO is telling the TRUTH & WHO is TRULY ISLAAMIC???

"researchers have proved that chess did not appear
until after the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Thus all such hadiths must have been fabricated."
MY SUSPICION: THE ENEMIES OF ISLAAM DID NOT WANT MUSLIMS TO
RELEARN CHESS FOR FEAR OF ISLAAM'S "JIHAAD" TEACHING...
SO THEY INSTILLED THE IDEA AMONG MUSLIMS THAT CHESS IS HARAAM!!!
I WAS SO DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT ALMOST ALL
MORO MUSLIM YOUTH I KNEW EITHER DID NOT KNOW CHESS OR CONSIDERED
IT HARAAM... JUST LIKE MUSIC, CHESS CAN BE EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR
JIHAADISTS!!! (I WAS TOLD PLAYING CHESS WAS LIKE WASHING ONE'S
HAND IN PIG'S BLOOD!!!)
I DARE MUSLIMS (THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS ONE)
TO FIND A TRULY MUSLIM ARAB OR NON-ARAB WHO IS
OF WORLD-CLASS CALIBRE... (SEIRAWAN IS HALF-BRITISH)
NOW YOU KNOW HOW FAR MUSLIMS ARE FROM THE BY-GONE GLORIOUS TIMES
WHEN THE MUSLIMS RULED THE WORLD & LED OVER THEIR ENEMIES IN
SUCH FIELDS AS ASTRONOMY, NAVIGATION, CHESS, MUSIC, STATE ADMINISTRATION, ARCHITECTURE, URBAN PLANNING, ETC ETC

I THINK ONE OF THE PHILIPPINES' ORDINARY KANTO CLUB HABITUE
WOULD MAKE ABSOLUTE CHESS CHAMPION OF KSA HAR HAR HAR

"Chess is well-known to be a stealer of time."
NOTHING CAN BE "TRUER"!!!

2- There should be no gambling involved.
3- The players should not utter obscenities or vulgarities.
YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ACTUAL CLUB/COMPETITIVE CHESS
& CHESS PERSONALITIES!!! HAR!

I HAVE OTHER PROFOUND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MATTER
WHICH I SHALL APPEND LATER...