ألعاب الصبيان في عصر الرسالة

Abstract EN

The currant study considers the subject of kids’ games in the period of the Islamic message and elucidates them through discussing games and their practices and how they have gained importance among humans since ancient history both as a form of learning experience and entertainment.

The study also states the benefits of certain types of games in Islam for both male and female Muslim kids and lists examples of the most important of these games as follows: - Sport games (riding, swimming, and target practice using arching with bows and arrows).

- Entertainment games (swings, slides, chess, and shaharda (dice) in addition to the games practiced by Arab kids including (Kharage (attempting to extract an object grasped in strong hand, boha (a game with fire) and hide and seek.

The study gives a description of each game and a definition and categorizes the games chronologically as those practiced by children in the period of the Islamic Message and those that were practiced before that time.

The study also discusses and the games according to the position of Islam towards them including those allowed by Islam and called hallal and Games that are looked upon with disapproval (makrooh) and games that are considered taboo in Islamic haram.

Finally the study mentions the names of games that lack such descriptions in the historical literature e.g.

(Tamoor, Qaloobah).