Chess and Gambling Instruments: What Is the Ruling on Chess: Manufacturing, Playing, and Teaching It?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Chess and Gambling Instruments: What Is the Ruling on Chess: Manufacturing, Playing, and Teaching It?

English:

Question #1111:

What is the ruling on chess in the following situations?

1. The manufacture, sale, and purchase of chess instruments [chessboard/chessmen];

2. Playing chess;

3. Establishing centers where it could be played, or taught.

Answer #1111:

They are no problem.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Chess and Gambling Instruments