Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1271
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، وَقَبِيصَةُ، قَالاَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدَشِيرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَبَغَ يَدَهُ فِي لَحْمِ خِنْزِيرٍ وَدَمِهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Yusuf and Qabisah related to us: Sufyan related to us, from ‘Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Ibn Buraydah, from his father, from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: ‘Whoever plays nardashir, it is as if he has dipped his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Nardashir is the named dice game; the Arabic simile refers to dipping one’s hand in pig’s flesh and blood.