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allowed by the ShaG'ah. And should the participation in them be with theintention of fulfilling a religious need, then, they are thawab-worthy aswell.Also mentioned in the Hadith appearing above was the exemption ofthree game forms from the prohibition: Shooting of arrows, riding horsesand playing with 'ahl' (wife). And in a marfi' hadith (attributed to theHoly Prophet g)from SayyidnZ Ibn 'Abbas &, it appears: yj.Al+s_l ,+J+I iiprjd ,+-, LGI (The best game for a believer is swimming and thebest game for a woman is the spinning wheel) (al-Jam? as-Saghir, from Ibn'Adiyy, with weak chain of narrators).According to a narration, SayyidnE Salamah Ibn Akwa' &, says,"Someone from among the AnsZir of Madinah was a great sprinter. No onecould win a race against him. Once he publicly threw a challenge if therewas anyone who would run a race against him. I sought the permission ofthe Holy Prophet if I could compete against him. When he gave me thepermission, I was the one who went ahead in the race.' This tells us that itis also permissible to practice foot racing.Once, when a well-known wrestler called RukZnah challenged theHoly Prophet to wrestle against him, he accepted the challenge andwon the bout (AbGD'liwTid in al-marZs2).Some Ethiopian young men used to play with spears as a rehearsal.The Holy Prophet @ let Sayyidah 'xishah b hi &) see their game ofmartial skill while she stood behind his back and he said to theperformers, "131; 13)'' (ilhu wal-'abii: have fun, keep playing) [Reported byal-Baihaqi in Ash-Shu'ab, as in al-Kanz, Bab ul-Lahw). In some narrations, the3 ,.,,>, I.following words also appear along with it: '&&A? 2 ;ii> 31 b J l j 9 (I do notlike that people see harshness in your religion).Similarly, it has been reported from some SahZbah that they, whentired after their duties relating to the Qur'Zn and Hadith, would once in awhile relax with Arab poetry or historical events (from Sayyidnii Ibn 'AbbZs4 in Kaff ar-Ra'a').In a Hadith, it was said: "&d ki &@I ig;" ] (Let your hearts restnow and then).[Reported by AbGDiiwiid in his MarZs2 from Ibn ShihZb 'mursalan',that is, attributed to the Holy Prophetby the studeAt of one of the SahZbah with
the name of the narrating Sahabi not mentioned] This hadith proves thepermissibility of recreation meant to relax one's mind and heart and theneed to spare some time for it.However, when doing all these things, the aim should be to achievethe correct and sound objective of those games. Playing for the sake ofplaying should never be the objective. Even that too is restricted to themeasure of need. Any indulgence that stretches to unreasonableproportions or touches the limits of excess would not be in order. Thus, thereason behind the justification of all these games is no other but that theyhave to be within their limits. If so, they would just not be counted as'lahw.'Games Prohibited ExplicitlyAlong with the games mentioned above, there are others the HolyProphet has prohibited particularly - even though, some benefits maybe seen therein - such as, chess, backgammon and others played withcounters and pieces. If accompanied by giving and taking of money onwinning and losing, then, this is gambling, and is absolutely haram(forbidden). And should this not be the case and they may be played justfor enjoyment, even then, they have been prohibited in Hadith. Accordingto a narration of SayyidnZ Buraidah in the Sahlh of Muslim, the HolyProphet &!$ said, "A person who plays backgammon is like the one whohas smeared his hands with the blood of pig." Similar to this, there isanother narration where words of curse appear against the player ofchess. ('Uqaili in ad-Du'afE' from SayyidnZ AbE Hurairah & as in Nasbur-RZyah)Similarly, the Holy Prophet has declared playing with pigeons asimpermissible. [AbE DZwEd in al-MarasT1 from Shuraih as in al-Kanz] Theapparent reason for the prohibition of this type of pastimes is that theplayer of these games becomes so preoccupied with them that he wouldturn heedless towards other things he must do, even to SalZh, and otherreligious obligations.The Injunctions of Music and Musical InstrumentsSome SahZbah have explained the expression: &&I$ (lahwal-hadith: the distracting amusement of things) in the cited verse assinging and playing of musical instruments. Then, there are others whohave explained it in the general sense and consider every such playful
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