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