سنن أبي داود

Hadith 4939

Book 43: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

كِتَاب الْأَدَبِ

Chapter 64

Chapter: The prohibition of playing dice.

باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنِ اللَّعِبِ، بِالنَّرْدِ

English narration

Narrated by بريدة بن الحصيب الأسلمي

Buraidah reported the Prophet ﷺ as saying: If anyone plays backgammon, he sinks his hand in the flesh of swine and its blood.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ , عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "

مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدَشِيرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا غَمَسَ يَدَهُ فِي لَحْمِ خِنْزِيرٍ وَدَمِهِ

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4939In-book: Book 43, Hadith 4939

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