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 Saudi Arabia's highest religious official rules chess forbidden in Islam
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00:23 AM Jan, 22 2016 سودانيز اون لاين
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رابط مختصر Saudi Arabia's highest religious official rules chess forbidden in Islam
Saudi Arabia's highest official of religious law has ruled that chess encourages gambling and is "a waste of time and money and a cause for hatred and enmity between players," effectively making the game forbidden in Islam. The announcement came when the grand mufti Sheikh Abdullah al-Sheikh was on a TV show where viewers send in questions about daily religious matters, The Guardian reports. In making his ruling, Al-Sheikh cited a verse in the Koran that outlaws "intoxicants, gambling, idolatry, and divination." However, chess likely will be considered a minor vice, like music, and frowned upon rather than actively enforced as forbidden. Chess was once banned in Iran as well, but the ban was lifted in 1988 when then-leader Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini decided chess was permissible so long as it was not used for gambling. —Jeva Lange
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Twitter erupts after Saudi cleric says chess is forbidden
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —
A video clip of Saudi Arabia's top cleric saying that the game of chess is "forbidden" in Islam because it wastes time and leads to rivalry and enmity among people has provoked heated debate, and widespread criticism, among Arabic Twitter users. The clip was shared on YouTube in December, gaining traction in recent days on social media. Some Twitter users mocked Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdelaziz Al Sheikh, saying chess is an intelligent game and that is why conservative clerics decry it. Others defended his religious advice, saying that many other Islamic scholars have also warned that the game can be addictive and cause people to lose focus from their daily prayers and remembrance of God. Saudi Arabia's influential religious establishment adheres to a strict Sunni Islamic ideology known widely as Wahhabism. Similarly, Shiite Iran's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani previously declared that chess is religiously prohibited because it could be used for gambling, which is not permissible in Islam. In the 44-second clip, Al Sheikh says "the game of chess is forbidden," backing up his statement by referring to a verse in the Quran that bans gambling, intoxicants and idolatry. Answering a question posed to him by a viewer on the Saudi religious Almajd network, the mufti says chess "wastes time and money and causes rivalry and enmity" because it makes rich people poor and poor people rich. Despite some top religious scholars frowning upon chess, the Saudi sheikh's opinion is not seen as a formal edict that could lead to a ban on the game in the kingdom. Games such as backgammon and cards are popular among men in the Middle East. Muslims, who introduced chess to Europe, have been playing the game since the 7th century in Persia.
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JANUARY 22, 2016
فتوى سعودية بتحريم الشطرنج تثير ضجة على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي
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دبي ـ (أ ف ب) – أثارت فتوى أطلقها مفتي السعودية بتحريم لعبة الشطرنج ووصفها بأنها مضيعة للوقت، ضجة على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي.
وفي شريط فيديو مقتطف من برنامج تلفزيوني نشر على الانترنت، هاجم المفتي العام للسعودية الشيخ عبد العزيز آل الشيخ لعبة الشطرنج.
وقال آل الشيخ أعلى سلطة دينية في المملكة إن “لعبة الشطرنج محرمة وهي داخلة في الميسر”، مضيفا أنها “مشغلة للوقت ومنفقة للمال وسبب للعداوة بين اللاعبين”.
ولم تتضح بعد ملابسات نشر هذا الفيديو الذي يعود تاريخه إلى الشهر الماضي، لكن ردود الفعل عليه كانت فورية.
وكتب لاعب الشطرنج الأسطوري الروسي غاري كاسباروف عبر حسابه على تويتر أن “محاول السعودية حظر لعبة الشطرنج غبية، علينا أن نكون أكثر قلقا تجاه حظر حقوق الإنسان والديموقراطية”.
على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي نفسه، سخر المخرج والمنتج اللبناني ناصر الفقيه من الفيديو قائلا إن “مفتي السعودية حرم الشطرنج، لأن هذه اللعبة تتطلب استخدام عقلك وهذا حرام”.
وغرد مستخدم آخر متسائلا “ماذا عن البلاي ستايشن وإكس بوكس، حلال أم حرام؟”.
وسبق للمفتي نفسه أن أوصى في العام 2001 بتحريم لعبة “البوكيمون” للأطفال، معتبرا أنها هدر للمال. |
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