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Summary
Yahya said: I heard Malik say: there is no good in chess, and he disliked it. I also heard him dislike playing it or any other vanity, and cite the verse of Surah Yunus that after the truth there is only error. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Comprehensive Matters (al-Jami). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas, backgammon. Built on in the chapters on chess (shatranj).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas· Backgammon and games of chance (nard)
- Basis for
- chess (shatranj)
- Related to
- Qur'an 10:32
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2752· Muwatta 2753· Muwatta 2754· Muwatta 2590· Muwatta 2591· Muwatta 2592· Muwatta 2593· Muwatta 2594
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.548
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2755”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-31-2755/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.