Motif
prohibited image-bearing game pieces
prohibited_image_bearing_game_pieces
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Idolatry and False Worship. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6061-6113 confidence: medium
Ali is reported to have encountered people playing chess, asked about the images they were intent upon, and the passage states chess had recently entered Arabia after coming from India through Persia.
The passage connects disapproval of chess with the use of images as chess-men and describes replacement with plain pieces among Sonnites.
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