Prohibition of playing games with Dice and Cards
"My families are ruined and destroyed due to gambling"
Hadith:
Narrated by Muslim (2260) from Buraydah ibn al-Husayb (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever plays with dice, it is as if he were dipping his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig.”
Abu Dawood (4938) and Ibn Maajah (3762) narrated from Abu Moosa al-Ash‘ari that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever plays with dice has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.” Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
an-Nawawi said in Sharh Muslim:
This hadith was quoted by ash-Shaafa‘i and the majority to support the prohibition on playing with dice.
What is meant by dipping his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig whilst eating from them is to liken this prohibition [on playing with dice] to the prohibition on eating those things. And Allah knows best. End quote.
Some of the fuqaha’ included dice games any game that relies on luck and guessing with.
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami said in Tuhfat al-Muhtaaj Sharh al-Minhaaj (10/215): It is haraam to play with dice according to the correct view, because of a report narrated by Muslim which says that whoever plays with dice, it is as if he were dipping his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig, and according to a report narrated by Abu Dawood, he [the one who plays with dice] has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.
Playing with dice is completely based on conjecture and guessing, and is very foolish and silly.
Ar-Raafi‘i and those who followed him said what may be summed up as: An analogy may be drawn with them [i.e., dice and chess] to include other similar types of games. So any game which depends on calculation and thinking, such as lines from which and to which pebbles are moved, based on calculation, are not haraam.
Any game that relies on chance is haraam.
That also includes playing cards.
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