He -asws said: ‘So you have judged’.

He -asws said: ‘So you have judged’. [36] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَاجْتَنِبُوا الرِّجْسَ مِنَ الْأَوْثانِ وَ اجْتَنِبُوا قَوْلَ الزُّورِ فَقَالَ الرِّجْسُ مِنَ الْأَوْثَانِ الشِّطْرَنْجُ وَ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ الْغِنَاءُ Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid and Al Husayn Bin Saeed, altogether, from Al Nazar Bin suweyd, from Dorost, from Zayd Al Shahham who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [22:30] therefore avoid the uncleanness of the idols and avoid false words .

He -asws said: ‘The ‘ uncleanness of the idols ’ is the chess, and the ‘ false words ’ is the singing (music)’.

[37] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَاجْتَنِبُوا الرِّجْسَ مِنَ الْأَوْثانِ وَ اجْتَنِبُوا قَوْلَ الزُّورِ قَالَ الرِّجْسُ مِنَ الْأَوْثَانِ هُوَ الشِّطْرَنْجُ وَ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ الْغِنَاءُ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umery, from one of his companions, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Blessed and High [22:30] therefore avoid the uncleanness of the idols and avoid false words .

He -asws said: ‘The uncleanness of the idols it is the chess, and the false words is the singing (music)’.

[38] حدثنا محمد بن الحسن رحمه الله قال حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار رحمه الله عن يعقوب بن يزيد عن ابراهيم عن أبي يوسف عن أبي بكر الحضرمي عن أحدهما قال: الغناء عش النفاق والشرب مفتاح كل شر ومدمن الخمر كعابد الوثن مكذوب بكتاب الله لو صدق كتاب الله لحرم حرام الله Muhammad Bin Al Hassan narrated to us, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Saffar, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ibrahim, from Abu Yusuf, from Abu Bakr Al Hazramy, (It has been narrated) from one of the two -asws (5 th or 6 th Imam -asws ) having said: ‘The singing (music) is a nest of hypocrisy, and the (intoxicating) drink is a key to every evil, and the one habitual of (drinking) the wine is like a worshipper of the idols, a belier of the Book of Allah -azwj .

Had he ratified the Book of Allah -azwj , he would have prohibited (himself) from the Prohibitions of Allah -azwj ’.

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