Hadith 1259
حَدَّثَنَا فَرْوَةُ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ، عَنْ مَعْرُوفِ بْنِ سُهَيْلٍ الْبُرْجُمِيِّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ: نَزَلَ بِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ فَقَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُقَالُ: أَيْنَ أَيْسَارُ الْجَزُورِ؟ فَيَجْتَمِعُ الْعَشَرَةُ، فَيَشْتَرُونَ الْجَزُورَ بِعَشَرَةِ فِصْلاَنٍ إِلَى الْفِصَالِ، فَيُجِيلُونَ السِّهَامَ، فَتَصِيرُ لَتِسْعَةٍ، حَتَّى تَصِيرَ إِلَى وَاحِدٍ، وَيَغْرَمُ الْآخَرُونَ فَصِيلاً فَصِيلاً، إِلَى الْفِصَالِ فَهُوَ الْمَيْسِرُ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that it used to be said: "Where is the gambling camel?" Then ten men would gather and, in exchange for the ten calves of a camel, would buy one camel. And it was such that as the she-camels gave birth to calves, each person would give one. Then they would cast arrows, and it would be divided into nine shares. Then, through the arrows, each time one share would be reduced until it became the share of one man (whose arrow was drawn), and all the rest would pay one camel calf each as compensation (and give it to the person from whom the camel was bought). Thus, this was the gambling that was prevalent among the Arabs.
Hadith 1260
حَدَّثَنَا الأُوَيْسِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: الْمَيْسِرُ: الْقِمَارُ.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), he says that (the word) "maysir" mentioned in the Qur'an refers to gambling.
