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suyuti:4-1356b – ʿAlī > Mar > Qawm Yalʿabūn al-Shaṭranj > Mā Hadhh al-Tamāthīl al--Atiá Antum Lahā ʿĀkfūn Lʾn Yamas Aḥadukum Jamr Ḥattá Yuṭfá Khayr Lah Min
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السيوطي:٤-١٣٥٦b –

"عنْ عَلِيٍّ: أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَلعَبُونَ الشَّطرَنْجَ فَقَالَ: مَا هَذه التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِى أَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكفُونَ؛ لأنْ يَمَسَّ أَحَدُكُمْ جَمْرًا حَتَّى يُطفَى خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة وعبد بن حميد، وابن أبى الدنيا في ذم الملاهى وابن المنذر، وابن أبى حاتم، [ق] البيهقى في السنن

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bayhaqi:20930 – Abū al-Ḥusayn > al-Ḥusayn > ʿAbdullāh > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Saʿd b. Ṭarīf > al-Aṣbagh b. Nubātah > ʿAlī > Mar > Qawm Yalʿabūn al-Shiṭranj

[Machine] "What are these statues that you are devoted to?" [Quran 21:52]. It is better for him to touch a live coal until it turns cold than to touch them.  

البيهقي:٢٠٩٣٠ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ثنا سَعْدُ بْنُ طَرِيفٍ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ يَلْعَبُونَ الشِّطْرَنْجَ فَقَالَ

{مَا هَذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ} [الأنبياء 52]؟ لَأَنْ يَمَسَّ جَمْرًا حَتَّى يُطْفَأَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمَسَّهَا