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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: : الاختلاف في اللعب بالشطرنج
Chapter: The disagreement about playing chess
Bayhaqi 20927 — The disagreement about playing chess
اُردوEn
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ، أنبأ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ، أنبأ زَكَرِيَّا السَّاجِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ثنا الرَّمَادِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ: " رَأَيْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَجَرِيَّ وَكَانَ يَلْعَبُ بِالشِّطْرَنْجِ ". فَجَعَلَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ اللَّعِبَ بِالشِّطْرَنْجِ مِنَ الْمَسَائِلِ الْمُخْتَلَفِ فِيهَا، فِي أَنَّهُ لَا يُوجِبُ رَدَّ الشَّهَادَةِ، فَأَمَّا كَرَاهِيَةُ اللَّعِبِ بِهَا فَقَدْ صَرَّحَ بِهَا فِيمَا قَدَّمْنَا ذِكْرَهُ، وَهُوَ الْأَشْبَهُ وَالْأُولَى بِمَذْهَبِهِ، فَالَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا أَكْثَرُ، وَمَعَهُمْ مَنْ يُحْتَجُّ بِقَوْلِهِ، وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ.
Sufyan said: I saw Ibrahim al-Hajari, and he used to play chess.
So al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) counted playing chess among the disputed issues, in the sense that it does not require the rejection of testimony. As for the dislike of playing it, he stated it explicitly in what we mentioned earlier, and that is the more likely and more fitting view in his school. Those who disliked it are more numerous, and among them are those whose words are taken as proof. And success is from Allah.
So al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) counted playing chess among the disputed issues, in the sense that it does not require the rejection of testimony. As for the dislike of playing it, he stated it explicitly in what we mentioned earlier, and that is the more likely and more fitting view in his school. Those who disliked it are more numerous, and among them are those whose words are taken as proof. And success is from Allah.
