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adab:1269 –

Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Anyone who plays backgammon has rebelled against Allah and His Messenger."

الأدب المفرد:١٢٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدِ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ

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abudawud:4938 – ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Mūsá b. Maysarah > Saʿīd b. Abū Hind > Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who plays backgammon disobeys Allah and His Apostle.

أبو داود:٤٩٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدِ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ

ibnmajah:3762 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Sulaymān And ʾAbū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Saʿīd b. Abū Hind > Abū Mūsá

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever plays backgammon has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.'"

ابن ماجة:٣٧٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدِ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ

bazzar:2643 –
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البزّار:٢٦٤٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدِ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ