Commander of the faithful (a.

Commander of the faithful (a.s.) saw some people who were busy playing chess. He told them the sentence that idol-breaker Ibrahim (a.s.) used to say: What are these images to whose worship you cleave? [Surah Anbiya 21:52] In the Islamic law it is haraam to play chess to make others play it and buy or sell the instruments of Chess. This is found in a number of traditions. Previous…