Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Musa Bin Al Qasim, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Ja’far, (It has been narrated) from Al-Reza -asws having said: ‘A man came over to Abu Ja’far -asws , so he said, ‘O Abu Ja’far -asws !
What are you -asws saying regarding the chess which the people are playing with?’ So he -asws said: ‘My -asws father -asws Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws informed me -asws from Al-Husayn -asws Bin Ali -asws , from Amir Al-Momineen -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The one who spoke and his speech was for other than the Mention of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, it would be vain, and the one who was silent, so his silence was for other than remembering Allah -azwj , is would be forgetfulness’.
Then he -asws was silent, so the man stood up and left’. [14] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الشِّطْرَنْجِ قَالَ الْمُقَلِّبُ لَهَا كَالْمُقَلِّبِ لَحْمَ الْخِنْزِيرِ فَقُلْتُ مَا عَلَى مَنْ قَلَّبَ لَحْمَ الْخِنْزِيرِ قَالَ يَغْسِلُ يَدَهُ .
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib who said, ‘I went over to Abu Abdullah -asws , so I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! What are you -asws saying regarding the chess?’ He -asws said: ‘The mover of it is like a mover of the flesh of swine’. So I said, ‘And what is upon the one who moves the flesh of swine?’ He -asws said: ‘He should wash his hand’ .