Is Chess Haram? | Dr. Shabir Ally
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2024
- Dr. Shabir Ally addresses a viewer question about the permissibility of playing chess in Islam. Some scholars view chess as haram due to its potential for leading to gambling or distracting from religious duties, while others allow it if it is played responsibly and does not interfere with obligations. Dr. Shabir explains that chess is not explicitly mentioned in the Quran, and there is no authentic Hadith prohibiting it. He emphasizes that in general, activities are considered permissible unless there is clear evidence against them from religious texts or human intellect. However, Dr. Shabir cautions against excessive involvement in chess, as it can consume too much time and attention, similar to overindulging in anything else. He concludes by advising moderation in playing chess, recognizing its potential benefits for intellectual growth while avoiding its potential drawbacks.
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Now lets not go too far ! Everything in life cannot be Haram
You better believe it.
Everything can if use in a Haram way. So what are you doing, why are you doing it, and what is the benefit of what you are doing. So things can be good or bad but it depends on you
Time wasting is haram, if someone is playing 20 hours of chess a day like addiction then it is haram
@@makhanikuansigh is everything negative in Islam
@@elidyson256 yes everything, in the end
I think the answer is very simple. It is not haram. That is it.
I heard naughts and crosses is haram as the crosses could be identified with the crucifixion.
@@JellyBeanR it is haram
@@Bb-pw1ziit depends on the context ig
@@Bb-pw1zihahahahhaha
@@kayoucat6352 The naughts are allowed but the crosses not.
THIS TOPIC IS ABSURD
Easily said: gambling is haram. But chess don't involve any gambling.
Is not mentioned in the Quran, nor in authentic hadith.
It benefit your own intelligence for sure. So, it is permissibile so long it doesn't become an addiction
Dude smartphone is addictions
Thank you for giving an insight to this.🌱
I am not a Muslim but there are only three reasons I can see how Chess can be a problem.
1) You become so addicted to the game that you start neglecting other duties.
2) You are wagering Chess games with people
3) You are worshipping the Chess pieces.
Then you should also stop reading books, solve mathematical problems 😂😂😂. There is no end to hilarious islamic logic
"worshipping chess pieces" : haha cmon...
we can say the same about literally anything, prohibiting chess for these reasons is insane. they are driving people away from the religion
You got it 👍
worshipping the chess pieces hahahaha
Thank you brother for exhibits the norm or the rule justice that a person is innocent until proven guilty. Similarly if qur'an is not calling haram playing chess can not be pronounced haram by the schlar. God never has given any authority to scholars to declare haram or halal based on their own assumptions or views. God even did not permit to our prophet even to forbid or accept anything by prophet choice as can read verse in the chapter called Tahreem, I guess.
Please brother uphold the true message of quraan that Allah revealed to our beloved prophet. Unfortunately most our modern day scholars making up things in their own ways and dedicating to our prophet.
May Allah save us from blasphemy
The chess is not haram, the gambling is haram. the chess is not haram, intentionally skip shalah for chess is haram.
Just like eating pork is haram, watching people cook pork is not haram. Drinking alcohol is haram, using alcohol to sterilize wound is permissable
Speaking about alcohol products I know people during Covid who wouldn't use sanitizer because it had alcohol. 😅
Islam is becoming weak that's why they are slowly adopting to alcohol and weed
great video. Thanks.
Are we running out of content? With everything going on in the world this isn’t even on the radar for normal people. Obviously moderation is needed in everything. This could’ve been a paragraph post instead of a 7 min video that could’ve been dedicated to a serious question
This was an off video. Western Muslims need to stop this weird trend that’s going on.
So, the game that is mentioned in the Hadith is not the exact Arabic name "Shataranj" but some thing else. But what was that game? How was it played? Is it something completely different game chess or not.
I believe the decision of halaal and haraam should be based on that. Not just the name.
Love you and your daughter relationship and the show. Keep up the good work and keep the videos comming no matter how dumb people may think it is because they can go to another channel if they do not like. It is youtube and it is alot of channel out there
She got married at 6
Closest thing to chess is recreational game, games are (typically) not haram, including sports. In fact, if it is to refresh the mind, nurturing relationship btwn ppl, it should be encouraged
Although, anything in excess even those not porhibited can be bad, ie spending etc things extravagantly could turn into sth haram.
Understandable that certain percentage of Muslims can be too obsessed with petty things/perspectives while other ppl are focusing more on education, science and technology
JazakaLLah Khayran Dr. Ally for this narration
Chess..haven't played it for a long time.
If it doesn't distract you and it is beneficial, why not.
In Iran, it was Haram, but it was declared Halal by Imam Khomeini many years ago (if it is done for the sake of a mental activity and sport without gambling).
“Tis all a chequerboard of nights and days / Where Destiny with men for pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, / And one by one back in the closet lays”
The poet of these words Drs Allys?
Certainly I do not see a close relation between playing chess
& Gambleing.. Because Gamble certainly relies Pretty much on Luck but Chess Requires Thinking
Music is ok?
Assalamualaikum, Dr. Shabir Ally. Let me introduce myself, Rengga from Indonesia, permission to ask about the meaning of Al Anbya' 84
فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهٗ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهٖ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَّاٰتَيْنٰهُ اَهْلَهٗ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَّعَهُمْ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا وَذِكْرٰى لِلْعٰبِدِيْنَۚ
, meaning of لِلْعٰبِدِيْنَۚ
Interesting episode Dr. Shabir
I have not come across a narration that specifically deals with chess as a game. However, there is a clear prohibition in both the Quran and Sunnah pertaining to games of chance because they may entice a person to gamble 🎰 which is known to have a destructive addictive element. The winnings that may result from gambling and games of chance are referred to as سحت "soht" and may not be used, and therefore need to be given as charity to the needy. The prophetic narration specially identified games that use dice as tools for determining an outcome. The dice are referred to in the narration by their Persian name "nardashir" because these games were not known to the Arabs and were adopted by trade from neighboring nations.
قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: من لعب بالنردشير فكأنما صبغ يده في لحم خنزير ودمه. [رواه مسلم وأبو داود]، وكان سعيد بن جبير إذا مر على أصحاب النردشير لم يسلم عليهم،
The prophet PBUH said, whom ever plays with "nardashir" (dice), it is as if they immersed their hand in the flesh and blood of a swine. [Narrated by Muslim and Abu Dawud]
Said bin Jubair, refused to shake hands with anyone he witnesses playing with dice.
In another narration, the prophet PBUH says:
وروى أبو داود أيضا: من لعب بالنرد فقد عصى الله ورسوله.
Whom ever plays with "nard" (dice) has disobayed God and his messenger. [Narrated by Abu Dawud]
Chess is not a game of chance. Chess is a game of careful mental calculations. The competitor who is able to calculate more steps in advance is able to overwhelm their opponent with a number of potential entrapment leading to the encircling of the opponents king 🤴. It should be fine as long as it doesn't become an obsession the distracts the Muslim from their daily obligations and responsibilities, especially the prayers ! Any game or competition should never be played for money, as betting is prohibited in Islam since it develops feeling of animosity and envy in the community.
The expression شطرنج "shataranj" is not originally Arabic though it was adopted just like نردشير. The origin of شطرنج is the Sanskrit word شطورنجا "shatorenja" which means something like "four armies". शतरंज is the Hindi expression..
The word was first adopted into Persian, then from Persian to Arabic.
Some people say games of chance are not allowed. But gambling is definetely not allowed. See suratul Ma'ida verse 90
I guess it would depend on the context. If you are playing a game of chance with family members in an enjoyable way, then this is different from playing a game of chance with strangers and having a big ego and getting so competetive that you start to get angry when you lose.
Yikes, can't believe some Muslims would consider playing Chess haram. 😲
What would we ever do without Islam telling us what we can wear, what we can eat, what we can think, what we can speak, how to manage our hairs, how to go to the toilet...
😅!
Well do not be a Muslim. Do not watch. Choose a different way to live
What to wear,eat, think,speak and so on will always happen. It my not be by a religion but tv, social media,music, spouse, government and so on. It is just in a way of what is presented to you
@@shadeedmuhammad8107your wrong only weak ppl follow that m
I respect Dr. Shabir Ally because he helped me a lot to make the decision to leave islam. Thank you ❤
Nothing like debates over wacky religious conundrums like this one to remind me of why I'm a card-carrying atheist.
Well why are you here?
@@shadeedmuhammad8107 Fair question. I'm not uninterested in religion and would often like to know more but this video caught my eye as being particularly bizarre. I wasn't wrong. Also disappointed that the issue of conkers and tiddlywinks was not addressed.
@@weeringjohnny Understand,but look at your original comment. You are a card-carrying ATHEIST, so you know when you hear reglion being discussed you are going to be reminded of yeah this is way I am an Atheist. Now we all can do what we want before you say that or I am here to learn but look at you original comment plus what i learn in life, why be somewhere I do not belong or do not agree with. It only means I am there to start some mess. To watch is one thing but to watch and leave a comment like this when the video explain the best way that he could is another. I do not get people. Religious people should not be messing with atheist and they do and the same should be said for atheist. I think people love to start mess because they do not have anything else to do. Imagine if I went to an atheist and said something slick. I know I know you would not care but just saying where do we go from here just a lot of wacky anti-regligious comments lol, come on man you are smart than that because you are atheist.
@@shadeedmuhammad8107card carrying atheist better than Islam
NO ONE can pass a law on what is haraam or halal except One Almighty God. The haraam is declared in Hadith which we can not even assure that it is allowed or not. Nothing and no authority from God is given to the Messenger, if this gentleman is a real Muslim, he should support his declaration in the Quran. I am surprised as how these scholars who know Quran better than us, overlook the authenticity of the Quran!
If chess is not haram, then why farting is considered haram in hadiths?
I don't see how these two topics are related.
Anyways, I believe it's when you do ablutions ? I don't know the context so it'd be nice if you provide it thanks!
@@kayoucat6352 You must consider the concept of haram first and what Islam is to have a clear view!!!!!
Farting is haram?!?! Bro are you serious? If chess is haram because of distractions then smartphone is haram. Yo Islam is about to trap themself
@elidyson256 Yes Bro because according to Islam your mind should not wandered away from God. That's why music, wine etc. Is prohibited.
According to sahih hadith islam Allow three games
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I am mystified by the fact that you make decisions based on a text composed almost 2000 years ago. Of course it is not haram! No question about it. It can always be used in conjunction with gambling but playing an innocent game/singing/dancing are all haram? You've got to be kidding!
What a wasteful way to spend time to discuss a topic like this
True. These r false prophets
Chess came out of Egypt, it's a game of strategy.
That was Egypt before the muslims.
The Original Egyptians are Black, facts
Nope Egyptians, Persian invaded Egypt and stole it, and later India
Original Egyptian aren't black. You got no record or proof.
.Maybe not by the Colonial Slave Masters, but by African scholarship, Africa is the Cradle of civilization and Black people are the original people.
Why should playing chess be judged by quran. Chess existed prior to revealing the quran.
BS
Then you should also stop reading books, solve mathematical problems 😂😂😂. There is no end to hilarious islamic logic😅😅
Lol did you watch the video? How much logic does it take to comment without watching, Mr Amoeba-Brain?😂
😂
So trivial.. All these rules and regulations.. Haram this haram that.
Look people.. Just be good human beings, and love one another. Be spiritual. You are a spiritual being, from source, having a human experience. This is what all religions taught initially. All these prophets had spiritual awakenings and tried to guide their people to live ethically and to be morally upright. They provided guidelines on how to achieve this.
But now religion is manipulated and all about control through instilling fear.
I see that you're trying to be neutral but there's no such thing as neutrality because when you say be a good human, how do you define what's good or what does it mean to be human, whatever idea you're going to have about those things comes from a certain metaphysics that you subscribe to. So the only anchor which objectively tells us about what's right and wrong is God and islam is the religion which has undeniable proofs for - God , the Prophethood of Muhammad (pbuh), Qur'an being from God and preservation of divine revelation, also it's the only religion which also explains the origen of other religions.
Your intentions might be good but your idea about life comes from a shallow wishful thinking so that you can live in accordance with your desires but this world is a test , your life should be spent in worshipping the creator rather than in worship of self .
@@shanzaldilshad632if you don't know how to be good then Islam isn't the answer
Ridiculous. Islam. Haram.halal r sadistic terms. A joke😂
The very fact that such a question was posed shows the stifling nature of Islam. The M.E. would still be occupied by primitive nomads if the U.K. and European powers had never ventured in and found oil and valuable natural resources. Only Iran has ventured into industrialization and science which proves that Islam and material progress can coexist.
Why do people like you live like gremlins in religious channels when you have left it yourself?!? Seems like these people are still stuck up! 🤣
@@nazmul_khan_can’t you take constructive criticism, he is right,
Besides everyone has right to comment
@@nazmul_khan_ I left a ziojudaized fauxtianity which has lost its worthiness to guide the West. I'd like to see a paleo-western version of Islam as a suitable replacement. We can have our version of Islam without the Arabic or seem itic element.
Why u become a muslim the if u dont intend to confirm to its dos and donts..you need to question urself buddy
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why so you distort Islam in the name of the Quran. is it not the work of Shaytan? can tou prove by the Quran that the chess is forbidden? if you cant then stay away discussing Quran.
It's Islam
Yes it is. I burned the chess board board of my son immediately after I found out that he is playing chess.
😂No proof that chess is haram.
Bro can’t have any fun
@@SilentNine Life shouldnt be fun. I am a muslim and completely devoted to Allah. Unfortunately there are many so called muslims who dont follow the rules.
@@KevinChantal nah. That makes me not wanna be Muslim if I can’t even play Chess lol.
@@SilentNine Then you dont understand what it really means to be Muslim:
As a muslim we should know that Allah knows what is best for us and society. And chess is not good for us and our faith and for society.
The question is : the koran is best example how not to write a book !!!???
Does having se x with a sheep haram.
Now why would you call your own mom a sheep?
@@irbis_rosh Muhammad had a tame sheep that ate part of the Quran. Think
@@twoangels3405 sorry bro, I made I mistake, you're right... You're clearly from a family of pigs, not sheep.
Non in Mecca or Medina knew heard of any angel ( Gabriel) bring revelation
Qur'an 15:7 WHY hasn't a NO ANGEL ( jibrail) come with you IF you Speak TRUTH.😭🌍
Had We sent down an angel, the matter would have certainly been settled ˹at once˺, and they would have never been given more time ˹to repent˺.no need to test you in earth Ur beliefs
QUR'AN 6:8 the pagens ask Muhammad pbuh WHY hasn't ANGEL ( Gabriel) NOT sent to HIM??? 😱🤔
QUR'AN 6:8 .if we send a angel on earth to you ( visualise) then the judgement will be done ✅ ( before the judgment day so no impossible)
Qur'an 25:7 disbelievers asked WHY has no angels come with Muhammad pbuh with revelation ( nobody has knowledge jibrail coming with revelation in Makkah/ MEDINA
QUR'AN 25:21 disbelvers in makkah ask ( Muhammad) WHY is there NO ANGEL 😇 sent down to us ?no knowledge of Gabriel bring revelations
Muhammad pbuh does not have knowledge of ANYTHING unseen
QUR'AN 6:50 tell you I don't have any knowledge Ghaib ( seven heavens paradise isra miraj etc ) from unseen say can the seeing & blind be Equal?? 🐸🤡
QUR'AN 11:12 THEY ask why hasn't he treasure sent down to him from heaven's or has COME TO (Muhammad ) HIM ANY ANGEL ??😇 No Gabriel
QUR'AN 23:24 IF Allah willed he would have sent down angels ( with revelation) no Gabriel
QUR'AN 43:53 then WHY has no angels come accompanying MOSES ? no angel Micheal or Gabriel