Playing the game of fourteen

Ubayd, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Salamah bin al-Akwa (may Allah be pleased with him), said that Sayyiduna Salamah bin al-Akwa forbade his sons very strictly from playing the game of fourteen pieces.

Nafi' said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to forbid playing the game of fourteen pieces (shahardah).

Nafi' said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed by some people who were playing the game of fourteen pieces. He struck it on the head of one of them and broke it.

Abd al-Karim Abu Umayyah said that Umm Qutham said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came in to us while we were playing the game of fourteen pieces. He asked: "What are you doing?" We said: "We are fasting, so we are amusing ourselves with it." He said: "Shall I not buy you a dirham's worth of walnuts, so that you may amuse yourselves with them and leave this?" The narrator said: He then bought us a dirham's worth of walnuts.

Abu Ja'far said that Ali bin al-Husayn used to play the game of fourteen pieces (shahardah) with his wife.

Nafi' said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came in on two of his slave women while they were playing the game of fourteen pieces (shahardah). He beat them both with it until it broke.

Yazid bin Abi Ubayd said that Sayyiduna Salamah bin al-Akwa (may Allah be pleased with him) used to forbid his sons from playing the game of fourteen pieces, and he would say: "These people lie in it and swear false oaths."

Isma'il bin Abd al-Malik said that Sa'id bin Jubayr used to consider playing the game of fourteen pieces (shahardah) disliked.