(340) بَابُ الْغِنَاءِ وَاللَّهْوِ
Fadala ibn 'Ubayd was at a meeting when he heard that some peoplewere playing backgammon. He got up in anger to forbid it in the strongestpossible terms. Then he said, "The one who plays in order to live on hiswinnings is like a person who eats pig meat and does wudu' in blood." (FR)
Reference (FR): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 788 (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 33, Hadith 35 (FR)
English translation (FR): Book 33, Hadith 788 (FR)