The Witnesses who are Rejected

9. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Musa from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ali from Ali ibn ‘Uqbah from Musa b ’Ukayl al-Numayriy from al-‘Ala’ ibn Sayabah who has narrated the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, saying, ‘Testimony of the following people is not acceptable. (Of such people is) one who plays dice, (backgammon), or the game played with fourteen pieces of tokens and a friend (player) of Shahayn (the two kings) which means chess who says, ‘No, by Allah and yes by Allah. His king by Allah is dead and his king is killed but it is not dead or killed.’”