Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
bayhaqi:20949[Chain 1] Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī [Chain 2] Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Isḥāq b. Yūsuf > Sufyān al-Thawrī [Chain 3] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān > al-Ḥusayn b. Ṣafwān > Ibn Abū al-Dunyā > Abū Khaythamah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > ʿAlqamah b. Marthad > Sulaymān b. Buraydah from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "Whoever plays backgammon is like one who plunges his hand in the flesh of a pig and its blood." This is the wording of Ishaq's hadith, and in the narration of Abdul Rahman it is said that the Prophet, ﷺ , said: "Whoever plays backgammon is like one who dips his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig."  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ح وَأنبأ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ وَأَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ قَالَا أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ قَالَا ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ أنبأ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ صَفْوَانَ أنبأ ابْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدَشِيرِ فَهُوَ كَمَنْ غَمَسَ يَدَهُ فِي لَحْمِ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَدَمِهِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ إِسْحَاقَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدَشِيرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَبَغَ يَدَهُ فِي لَحْمِ خِنْزِيرٍ وَدَمِهِ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي خَيْثَمَةَ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ