Is playing chess halal or haram according to the Quran and Hadith, and under what conditions?

As salam alaikum, is playing a chess haram or halal? in what condition it is haram or halal? as per quran & hadith. thanking you.

Answer:

(Fatwa: 2194/2015=D/1429)

It is haram in every condition, it is major sin:

قال في الشامي: وکرہ تحریما اللعب بالنرد وکذا الشطرنج (5:279)

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

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Tags: Hadith, haraam, Quran

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