Motif
Prohibition of intoxicants and gaming
prohibition_of_intoxicants_and_gaming
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION III / SECTION IV. / SECTION V. / OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN.; lines 6007-6058 confidence: high
“Gaming is prohibited by the Korn ... as wine”; al Meisar is explained as casting lots by arrows, practiced by pagan Arabs.
The passage states that gaming is prohibited by the Koran in the same passages and for the same reasons as wine.
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