كُنْتُ أَنَا وَ إِدْرِيسُ أَخِي عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ إِدْرِيسُ جَعَلَنَا اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ مَا الْمَيْسِرُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هِيَ الشِّطْرَنْجُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا النَّرْدُ قَالَ وَ النَّرْدُ أَيْضاً .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abdul Malik Al Qummy who said, ‘I and my brother Idrees were in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, so Idrees said, ‘May we be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! What is the gambling?’ So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is the chess’. He said, ‘So I said, ‘But they (people) are saying that it is the dice?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And the dice, as well’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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