336 - القِمار

336. GAMBLING

1561 - النَّهيُ عَنِ القِمارِ

1561. FORBIDING THE GAMBLING

(يا أَيُّها الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إنَّما الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالأَنْصابُ وَالأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ * إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطانُ أَنْ يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَنِ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَهَلْ أَنْتُم مُنْتَهُونَ).1

"O you who have faith! Indeed wine, gambling, idols and the divining arrows are abominations of Satan's doing, so avoid them, so that you may be felicitous. Indeed Satan seeks to cast enmity and hatred among you through wine and gambling, and to hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you, then, relinquish?" 2

5356.رسولُ اللَّه صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - في الجواب عن الميسر لمّا نزل (انّما الخَمرُ والمَيسِرُ) - : كُلُّ ما تُقُومِرَ بهِ حتَّى الكِعابُ والجَوزُ . قيلَ : فما الأنصابُ ؟ قالَ : ما ذَبَحُوهُ لآِلِهَتِهم . قيلَ : فما الأزلامُ ؟ قالَ : قِداحُهُم التي يَستَقسِمُونَ بها .3

5356. The Prophet (SAWA), in answer to a question about games of chance when the verse: "indeed wine, gambling..." was revealed, said, 'It is anything that can be gambled with, even dice or walnuts.' He was asked, 'So what is the dedication to idols (ansab)?' He said, 'What they sacrificed for their gods.' He was then asked, 'And what is divining with arrows?' He said, 'Their arrow shafts that they swear by.' 45

5357.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : كُلُّ ما ألهى‏ عن ذِكرِ اللَّهِ فهُو مِن المَيسِرِ .6

5357.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Anything that distracts one from the remembrance of Allah is gambling.' 7

5358.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام - لمّا سُئلَ عنِ اللعبِ بالشَّطرَنجِ - : إنّ المُؤمِنَ لَمَشغولٌ عنِ اللَّعِبِ .8

5358. Imam al-Baqir (AS), when asked about playing chess said, 'A believer is too busy to play.' 9

5359.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - في قولِهِ تعالى‏ : (ولا تَأْكُلُوا أموالَكُم بَينَكُم بالباطِلِ)10 - : كانَت قُرَيشٌ تُقامِرُ الرجُلَ بأهلِهِ ومالِهِ، فَنَهاهُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّوجلَّ عَن ذلكَ .11

5359. Imam al-Sadiq (AS), with regard to Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "Do not eat up your wealth among yourselves wrongfully" said, 'The people of Quraysh would gamble their families and their money away, and Allah Almighty prohibited them from doing so.' 12

5360.السكوني : كانَ يَنْهى‏ [الإمامَ‏الصادق عليه السلام ]عَنِ الجَوزِ الذي يَجي‏ءُ بهِ الصِّبيانُ مِن القِمارِ أنْ يُؤكَلَ ، وقالَ : هُو السُّحتُ .13

5360. Al-Sakuni narrated, 'He [Imam al-Sadiq (AS)] would condemn the eating of walnuts that children had won from gambling, saying, 'It is illegally earned [and forbidden] (suht).' 14

1.المائدة : ۹۰ و ۹۱ .

2.Quran ۵:۹۰,۹۱

3.الكافي : ۵ / ۱۲۳ / ۲ .

4.These were all pagan pre-Islamic practices of gambling and games of chance (ed.)

5.al-Kafi, v. ۵, p. ۱۲۳, no. ۲

6.الأمالي للطوسي : ۳۳۶ / ۶۸۱ .

7.Amali al-Tusi, p. ۳۳۶, no. ۶۸۱

8.الخصال : ۲۶ / ۹۲ .

9.al-Khisal, p. ۲۶, no. ۹۲

10.البقرة : ۱۸۸ .

11.الكافي : ۵ / ۱۲۲ / ۱ .

12.al-Kafi, v. ۵, p. ۱۲۲, no. ۱

13.تفسير العيّاشيّ : ۱ / ۳۲۲ / ۱۱۶ .

14.Tafsir al-Ayyashi, v. ۱, p. ۳۲۲, no. ۰۱۱۶