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Chess
By Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Posted: 29 Zul-Qa’dah 1423, 1 February 2003
| Q.) Is Chess haram in Islam. What is the A’yat in Qur’an for this as I have to show it to somebody to convince. [Tariq Sayeed] |
A.) According to the Hanafi Madhab, chess is prohibited. Rasulullah 
said, ‘Whosoever plays chess, it is like soiling his hands in the blood of swine.’ And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
This answer was collected from Albalagh.net, which is an Islamic site with Q&A and articles authored by many world renowned scholars from the Muslim world. Many of Mufti Taqi Uthmani’s fatawa in English are found exclusively on this site.
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