لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَ الْمَيْسِرُ وَ الْأَنْصابُ وَ الْأَزْلامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْمَيْسِرُ فَقَالَ كُلُّ مَا تُقُومِرَ بِهِ حَتَّى الْكِعَابُ وَ الْجَوْزُ قِيلَ فَمَا الْأَنْصَابُ قَالَ مَا ذَبَحُوهُ لآِلِهَتِهِمْ قِيلَ فَمَا الْأَزْلَامُ قَالَ قِدَاحُهُمُ الَّتِي يَسْتَقْسِمُونَ بِهَا .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘When Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:5#h90"><a href="/books/quran:5#h90">[5:90]</a></a> O you who believe! But rather the Intoxicants and games of chance and (sacrificing to) stones set up and (dividing by) arrows are only an uncleanness, the Satan's work; therefore keep away from it</span>, it was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! What are <span class="ibTxt">games of chance</span>?’ So he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Whatever is gambled with, even if it is the cooked food and the walnuts’. It was said, ‘So what are the <span class="ibTxt">stones set up</span>?’ He<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Whatever is sacrificed for their gods’. It was said, ‘So what the <span class="iTxt">dividing arrows</span>?’ He<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Their flints (iron bars to stoke the fire with) which they used to do their apportionments with’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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