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Hadith 372
Hadith #
372
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
5
Section
40
Part
The Book of Commerce
Chapter
Gambling and Looting
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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9. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Al-Washsha” who has said the following
“I once heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.), saying, ‘Al-Maysir is gambling.’”
9- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ الْمَيْسِرُ هُوَ الْقِمَارُ.
Tags Gambling (Maysir)

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