Dice

[muslimlearner]

:salams

is using the dice haram?

[M. Siddiqi]

:salams

is using the dice haram?

Wa Alaikum Salam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,


Yes, it is. Dice are used for and usually involve gambling.

Akhy, be careful not to waste your time. Follow Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wa salam) and the sahabah (radiallahu anhum) and not the kuffar.

[muslimlearner]

to be frank, ever since i've started taking Islam seriously, i have become really frustrated. There is hardly anything I can do!

Going to the gym is about the only thing i do at the moment!

Aren't we allowed to enjoy ourselves? What's wrong with playing snake and laders using dice?

When i use my PC, i'm reluctent to listen to music these days(although i still do sometimes), i've deleted most of my pictures, i have also been fearing visiting my favourite football team's and singer websites, just incase i committ shirk being interested in those things daily.

I hardly watch films anymore, even the ones that are considred OK.

It's making me frustrated even in terms of finding a job!

I'm sorry to have said all these things, and i do feel ashamed in saying them.(and also very scared that I have angered Allah(swt), but i can't help it if that's the way i feel.

[M. Siddiqi]

As Salamu Alaikum akhy,

Islam makes it easy for everyone. It teaches us to live a balanced life. I do not know what kind of backround you come from or what kind of things you are use to doing.

It is important we stay away from the things kuffar take part in because those things are controlled and created by shaitan.

The best place to be is the masjid. You can also study, spend a short time on the internet seeking/sharing knowledge, visit family and friends, do ibaadah by yourself such as thikr and salaah, find out what your community needs and get it done, etc, etc.

Ask allahu subhanahu wa ta'ala to make things easy for you and to prevent you from wasting time.

[muslimlearner]

Look, I'm not talking about gambling, going to night clubs etc. I never used to do that before I became a serious muslim anyway.

I pray 5 times a day, I do many sunnah, I remember Allah a lot, I ask for forgiveness over 100 times a day, I read the Quran nearly everyday etc. But doing these things 24 hours a day is just too tiring.

Study about what? I'm looking for work. Obviously I use the internet, but because music, films, pictures etc are banned I find it hard to do anything while I'm on the net or on my computer. I'm glad I'm a football fan, otherwise I would be totaly bored.

I know what I've just said probably has nulified my Islam, but I bet, if it was allowed, that most of you have become frustrated at some point in their life while they are strict muslims.

[M. Siddiqi]

Yakhy, It is better to keep your good deads between you and Allah. But it is good to hear you are doing very good.

You can study about whatever interestes you, either Islamically or not. If your interested in nature, study nature. If your interested in science like anatomy, study anatomy. Just make sure every peice of knowledge you get is for the sake of Allah and pleasing Allah. Allah loves when His creation study His creation because studying His creation increases your iman and brings you closer to Allah.

Not all films are haram or makrooh, apply this to what I said about. Watch movies that will teach you something (that doesn't have to be boring). You can watch a little TV or films sometimes just for entertainment as long as they are not showing anything haram. Rasullullah (sallallahu alaihi wa salam) said that everyone has a natural need for entertainment, some more than others. It is just important you limit it so you don't waste your time.

You have not, according to what I've read from you, nullfilied your Islam akhy.

[umm_huraiyrah]

Wa Alaikum Salam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,


Yes, it is. Dice are used for and usually involve gambling.

Akhy, be careful not to waste your time. Follow Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wa salam) and the sahabah (radiallahu anhum) and not the kuffar.

So say if your playing Yahtzee, Monopoly, Bunco just for fun and not gambling is that haram???

Habiba

[muslimlearner]

So say if your playing Yahtzee, Monopoly, Bunco just for fun and not gambling is that haram???

Habiba

I don't know!

[|zdihaar]

Question:
I read a hadeeth which says, “Whoever plays with dice, it is as if he dipped his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig.” And I read that what this means is that playing with dice is haraam. So an important question came to my mind, namely,
Are all kinds of games haraam, even if they are beneficial? Especially since there are Islamic games which are based on use of dice. Are all these games haraam? Or does the prohibition apply only to specific games? Please explain this matter, may Allaah reward you with good?

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.

Games fall into two categories:

The first category is games which help in jihaad for the sake of Allaah, whether that is physical jihaad (fighting) or verbal jihaad (i.e., knowledge), such as swimming, shooting, horse-riding, and games which involve developing one’s abilities and Islamic knowledge, etc. These games are mustahabb and the one who engages in them will be rewarded so long as his intention is good and he seeks to support the religion thereby. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Shoot, O Bani Adnaan, for your father was an archer.” Shooting or archery includes by analogy all similar actions.

The second category is games which do not help in jihaad. These are of two types.

The first type is games which are specifically forbidden in the texts, such as playing with dice as mentioned in the question. These games should be avoided by the Muslim.

The second type is games which are neither enjoined nor forbidden in the texts. These are of two kinds:

The first kind is games which include something that is haraam, such as games that involve statues or images of living beings, or which are accompanied by music, or games which lead to arguments and conflicts among people and result in their saying or doing something bad. These come under the prohibition because of the haraam consequences to which they lead or because they are a means to something that is haraam. If something is the means that usually leads to something that is haraam, then we should refrain from it.

The second type is games which do not involve anything haraam, and which usually do not lead to it, like most of the games we see of football (soccer), volleyball and table-tennis etc. These are permissible, subject to the following restrictions:

1 They should be free of gambling, i.e., betting between the players.

2 They should not form an obstacle to the obligatory remembrance of Allaah, or to prayer, or to any obligatory act of worship, such as honouring one’s parents.

3 They should not take up a lot of the player’s time, let alone taking up all of his time or causing him to be known among the people for that, or becoming his job, because then there is the fear that the aayah (interpretation of the meaning) “Who took their religion as an amusement and play, and the life of the world deceived them. So this Day We shall forget them” [al-A’raaf 7:51] may become applicable to him.

The last condition does not have a set limit, but should be referred to what is customary among the Muslims; whatever they regard as excessive is not allowed. A person should set a limit for the time spent playing and for the time spent in serious pursuits; if (the time devoted to playing) is half or one-third or one-quarter, then this is too much.

And Allaah knows best.

Shaykh Khaalid al-Maajid (Faculty Member, College of Sharee’ah, Imaam Muhammad ibn Sa’ood Islamic University).

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