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bayhaqi:21001[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd > Hishām b. ʿAlī > ʿAbdullāh b. Rajāʾ > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > Abū al-Ḥasan al-Kārizī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū ʿUbayd > Abū al-Naḍr > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Salamah > Hilāl b. Abū Hilāl > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] "In this verse in the Quran, it says: 'O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.' [Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:90] It is mentioned in the Torah that Allah sent the truth to eliminate falsehood and to abolish play, the flute, the tambourine, stringed instruments, and wind instruments. Ibn Rajaa added in his narration that it also includes images, poetry, and wine. Whoever tastes it swears by his right hand and his honor that he will make him (the one who drinks it) thirsty on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever leaves it after it has been forbidden, I will give him to drink from the pond of al-Quds (Jerusalem). Abu 'Ubayd mentioned that the term 'al-mazahir' is a singular form of 'mizhar' which means the oud (musical instrument) that is struck. And as for the term 'al-kinanat', it is said to refer to the sticks (used for percussion instruments), and it is also said that it refers to tambourines. And as for the term 'al-kubah', it means what is mentioned in another raised narration, and Muhammad bin Kathir informed me that the term 'al-kubah' refers to dice in the dialect of the people of Yemen, and others said it refers to drums. Sheikh [referring to a person, not a translation of the word] said..."  

البيهقي:٢١٠٠١أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْكَارِزِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ ثنا أَبُو النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ

فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنْصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ} [المائدة 90] قَالَ هِيَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ إِنَّ اللهَ أَنْزَلَ الْحَقَّ لِيُذْهِبَ بِهِ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُبْطِلَ بِهِ اللَّعِبَ وَالزَّفْنَ وَالْمِزْمَارَاتِ وَالْمَزَاهِرَ وَالْكِنَّارَاتِ زَادَ ابْنُ رَجَاءٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ وَالتَّصَاوِيرَ وَالشِّعْرَ وَالْخَمْرَ فَمَنْ طَعِمَهَا أَقْسَمَ بِيَمِينِهِ وَعِزَّتِهِ لَمَنْ شَرِبَهَا بَعْدَمَا حَرَّمْتُهَا لَأُعَطِّشَنَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَهَا بَعْدَمَا حَرَّمْتُهَا سَقَيْتُهُ إِيَّاهَا مِنْ حَظِيرَةِ الْقُدُسِ قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ قَوْلُهُ الْمَزَاهِرُ وَاحِدُهَا مِزْهَرٌ وَهُوَ الْعُودُ الَّذِي يُضْرَبُ بِهِ وَأَمَّا الْكِنَّارَاتُ فَيُقَالُ إِنَّهَا الْعِيدَانُ أَيْضًا وَيُقَالُ بَلِ الدُّفُوفُ وَأَمَّا الْكُوبَةُ يَعْنِي الْمَذْكُورَةَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ مَرْفُوعٍ فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ الْكُوبَةَ النَّرْدُ فِي كَلَامِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ الطَّبْلُ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ