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" ... tables, &c. And they are reckoned so ill in themselves, that the testimony of him who plays at them is, by the more rigid, judged to be of no validity in a court of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Mohammedan doctors allow to be lawful... "
The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in ... - Page 166
by Duncan Forbes - 1860 - 312 pages
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The Koran; commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed: tr. with notes ..., Volume 1

1825 - 538 pages
...insulting those who lost. Under the name of lots the commentators agree, that all other games whatsoever which are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended...of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Mohammedan doctors allow to be lawful, (though it has been a doubt with some'1,) because it depends...
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The Koran: Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed : Translated Into English ...

George Sale - 1856 - 692 pages
...insulting of those who lost. Under the name of lots the commentators agree that all other games whatsoever, which are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended...of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Mohammedan doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some),' because it dependu wholly...
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The Koran: Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed

1856 - 692 pages
...insulting of those who lost. Under the name of lots the commentators agree that all other games whatsoever, which are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended...of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Mohammedan doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some),1 because it depends wholly...
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The Koran: Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Part 121

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1867 - 684 pages
...hazard or chance, are comprehended and forbidden ; as dice, cards, tables, Ac. And they are reckoned BO ill in themselves, that the testimony of him who plays...of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Mohammedan doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some),* because it depends wholly...
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The Koran: Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed; Translated Into English ...

1871 - 694 pages
...insulting of those who lost. Under the name of lots the commentators agree that all other games whatsoever, which are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended...of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Mohammedan doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some),' because it depends wholly...
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A Comprehensive Commentary on the Qurán: Comprising Sale's Translation ...

E. M. Wherry - Qurʼan - 1882 - 432 pages
...lost. allow- Under the name of lots the commentators agree that ctto'iL. all other games whatsoever, which are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended...allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some),4 because it depends wholly on skill and management, and not at all on chance: but then it is...
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Half Hours with Muhammad ...: Together with a Short Synopsis of the Religion ...

Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1886 - 460 pages
...insulting those who lost. Under the name of lots, commentators agree that all other games whatsoever, which are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended...of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Muslim doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some), because it depends wholly...
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A Comprehensive Commentary on the Quran: Comprising Sale's Translation ...

1896 - 410 pages
...other games whatsoever, which, are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended and forbidden, aa dice, cards, tables,. &c. And they are reckoned so...no validity in a court of justice. Chess is almost ^e only game which the Muhammadan doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some),*...
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The Sword of Islam

Arthur Naylor Wollaston - Islam - 1905 - 578 pages
...which are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended and forbidden, as dice, cards, tables, etc. And they are reckoned so ill in themselves, that the...of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Muslim doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some), because it depends wholly...
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The Sword of Islam

Arthur Naylor Wollaston - Islam - 1905 - 1256 pages
...which are subject to hazard or chance, are comprehended and forbidden, as x dice, cards, tables, etc. And they are reckoned so ill in themselves, that the...of justice. Chess is almost the only game which the Muslim doctors allow to be lawful (though it has been a doubt with some), because it depends wholly...
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