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Another type is permissible when no prize is offered but impermissible when a prize is offered. This comprises all contests other than the three mentioned, except for backgammon, chess,1 and similar games, which are absolutely forbidden; this is the third type. This is based on the hadith: “No prize money is permissible except for camel racing, archery, or horse racing.”2 It was narrated by Ahmad and the three compilers.3
410—As for all other contests, they fall under gambling and games of chance.
(1) Nard is a game played on a board with counters and two dice. It relies on chance, and the counters are moved according to the roll of the dice. It is commonly known as backgammon. See *al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīt*.
Chess is played on a board of sixty-four squares. It represents two warring kingdoms through thirty-two pieces: two kings, two viziers (queens), knights, rooks, bishops, and pawns. See *al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīt*.
(2) In manuscripts *Bā’* and *Tā’*: “a hoof or an arrowhead.”
(3) Narrated by Ahmad (2/474), Abū Dāwūd (2564), al-Tirmidhī (1700), who graded it *hasan* (fair), and al-Nasā’ī (6/226).
ونوع: يَجُوزُ بِلَا عِوَضٍ، وَلَا يَجُوزُ بِعِوَضٍ، وَهِيَ: جَمِيعُ اَلْمُغَالِبَاتِ بِغَيْرِ اَلثَّلَاثَةِ اَلْمَذْكُورَةِ، وَبِغَيْرِ اَلنَّرْدِ وَالشَّطْرَنْجِ١ وَنَحْوِهِمَا، فَتُحَرَّمُ مُطْلَقًا، وَهُوَ اَلنَّوْعُ اَلثَّالِثُ؛ لِحَدِيثِ: "لَا سَبَقَ إِلَّا فِي خُفٍّ أَوْ نَصْلٍ أَوْ حَافِرٍ" ٢ رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالثَّلَاثَةُ٣.
٤١٠- وَأَمَّا مَا سِوَاهَا: فَإِنَّهَا دَاخِلَةٌ فِي اَلْقِمَارِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ.
١ النرد: لعبة ذات صندوق وحجارة وفصين، تعتمد على الحظ، وتنقل فيها الحجارة على حسب ما يأتي به الفص -الزهر- وتعرف عند العامة بالطاولة. "المعجم الوسيط".
والشطرنج: لعبة تلعب على رقعة ذات أربعة وستين مربعا، وتمثل دولتين متحاربتين باثنتين وثلاثين قطعة، تمثل الملكين والوزيرين والخيالة والقلاع والفيلة والجنود. "المعجم الوسيط".
٢ في "ب، ط": "حافر أو نصل".
٣ أخرجه أحمد "٤٧٤/٢"، وأبو داود "٢٥٦٤"، والترمذي "١٧٠٠" وحسنه، والنسائي "٢٢٦/٦".