Sulayman bin Buraydah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever plays nardashir (backgammon) is as though he has dipped his hand in the flesh and blood of swine."
(b) In the narration of Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever plays nardashir, it is as though he has dyed his hand in the flesh and blood of swine."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20949
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever plays nard (backgammon) has disobeyed Allah and the Messenger."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20950
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever played nard (backgammon) has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20951
Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever turns over the nard pieces, waiting for his turn to come, has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20952
Abd al-Rahman says that his father (may Allah be pleased with him) heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the man who plays nard and then prays is like one who performs ablution with pus and the blood of swine and then stands to pray."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20953
Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of these two nard pieces over which there is rebuke; they are the gambling of the non-Arabs."
Al-Bakka'i narrated it as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet) from Ibrahim, as did Suwayd from Abu Mu'awiyah from Ibrahim; the preserved version is mawquf (a saying of the Companion).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20954
Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Beware of these two kinds of nard over which a rebuke is given; both of these kinds are the gambling of the non-Arabs.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20955
Zubayd bin al-Salt (may Allah have mercy on him) heard Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) on the pulpit, saying: O people! Beware of gambling (he meant nard). I have been told that it is in the houses of some of your people; whoever has it in his house, let him burn it or break it. Another time he was again on the pulpit and said: O people! I spoke to you about this nard, but you have not removed it. I have now resolved to have firewood gathered and burn them along with their houses.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20956
Nafi' narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when he found it in any house, he would order it to be broken and would also beat (the person) for it, then it would be burned in fire.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20958
Nafi' narrates from Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when he found any of his household playing nard, he would beat him and break it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20959
It is narrated about Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that she was informed that a household living as tenants in her house had nard. So she sent (a message) to them: "If you do not remove it, I will expel you from my house." And she censured them for it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20960
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that playing with nard is gambling and is like eating the flesh of swine, and the one who plays with it without gambling is like one who anoints himself with the fat of swine.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20961
Rabi'ah bin Kulthum (may Allah have mercy on him) says that his father narrated: Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) delivered a sermon to us in Makkah and said: O people of Makkah! It has reached me that men of Quraysh play nard, while Allah says in His Book: "O you who believe! Wine, gambling, stone altars and divining arrows are only filth from the work of Satan, so avoid it." [Surah al-Ma'idah: 90]
I swear by Allah that any man who is brought to me having played nard, I will punish him physically, and I will give his belongings to the one who brings him.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20962
Yahya bin Abi Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by some people who were playing nard. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Their hearts are distracted, their hands are busy, and their tongues speak idle talk."
This is mursal.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 20963