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Hadith 1841
Hadith #
1841
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
6
Section
37
Part
The Book of Drinks
Chapter
Dice and Chess
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
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8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from ‘Abd al-Malik al-Qummiy who has said the following
“Once, my brother Idris and I were with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and Idris said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep our souls in service for your cause, what is al-Maysir?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is chess.’ I then said that they say it is dice.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Dice also is al-Maysir (gambling).”’
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْقُمِّيِّ قَالَ
كُنْتُ أَنَا وَ إِدْرِيسُ أَخِي عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ إِدْرِيسُ جَعَلَنَا اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ مَا الْمَيْسِرُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هِيَ الشِّطْرَنْجُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا النَّرْدُ قَالَ وَ النَّرْدُ أَيْضاً .
Tags Gambling (Maysir)

Similar narrations

  • Al-Kāfi #1836 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘Chess and dice are al- Maysir (gambling).”’
  • Al-Kāfi #1844 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Chess is al-Maysir (gambling) and dice is al-Maysir (gambling).”’
  • Al-Kāfi #1834 “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), has said, ‘Dice, chess and checkers are all the same. Whatever is used in gambling (speculating) is gambling.”’
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