Maariful Quran - Mufti Shafi Usmani RA - Vol - 7 - Intro And Page
Maariful Quran - Mufti Shafi Usmani RA - Vol - 7 - Intro And Page
Maariful Quran - Mufti Shafi Usmani RA - Vol - 7 - Intro And Page
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the name of the narrating Sahabi not mentioned] This hadith proves thepermissibility of recreation meant to relax one's mind and heart and theneed to spare some time for it.However, when doing all these things, the aim should be to achievethe correct and sound objective of those games. Playing for the sake ofplaying should never be the objective. Even that too is restricted to themeasure of need. Any indulgence that stretches to unreasonableproportions or touches the limits of excess would not be in order. Thus, thereason behind the justification of all these games is no other but that theyhave to be within their limits. If so, they would just not be counted as'lahw.'Games Prohibited ExplicitlyAlong with the games mentioned above, there are others the HolyProphet has prohibited particularly - even though, some benefits maybe seen therein - such as, chess, backgammon and others played withcounters and pieces. If accompanied by giving and taking of money onwinning and losing, then, this is gambling, and is absolutely haram(forbidden). <strong>And</strong> should this not be the case and they may be played justfor enjoyment, even then, they have been prohibited in Hadith. Accordingto a narration of SayyidnZ Buraidah in the Sahlh of Muslim, the HolyProphet &!$ said, "A person who plays backgammon is like the one whohas smeared his hands with the blood of pig." Similar to this, there isanother narration where words of curse appear against the player ofchess. ('Uqaili in ad-Du'afE' from SayyidnZ AbE Hurairah & as in Nasbur-RZyah)Similarly, the Holy Prophet has declared playing with pigeons asimpermissible. [AbE DZwEd in al-MarasT1 from Shuraih as in al-Kanz] Theapparent reason for the prohibition of this type of pastimes is that theplayer of these games becomes so preoccupied with them that he wouldturn heedless towards other things he must do, even to SalZh, and otherreligious obligations.The Injunctions of Music and Musical InstrumentsSome SahZbah have explained the expression: &&I$ (lahwal-hadith: the distracting amusement of things) in the cited verse assinging and playing of musical instruments. Then, there are others whohave explained it in the general sense and consider every such playful