The Prohibited Games and Depicting that Which Has a Soul

   Among the sins of the hand is playing the many unlawful games. Among them are: dice, cards, and the like. These games are prohibited because they rely on guessing, not on thinking and calculating.

 These prohibited games result in fights among people and other evil things.

 Throwing Dice: The die is also called nardashir as it was made for the first Persian king.  

The Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, said:

مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدَشِيرِ فَكَأَنَّمَا غَمَسَ يَدَهُ فِي لَحْمِ خِنْزِيرٍ وَدَمِهِ

 Man la^iba bin-Nardashiri faka’annama ghamasa yadahu fi lahmi khinziriw wadamih.