Pearl of Wisdom

in answer to a question about games of chance when the verse: indeed wine, gambling ... was revealed, said, 'It is anything that can be gambled with, even dice or walnuts.' He was asked, 'So what is the dedication to idols (an ab)?' He said, 'What they sacrificed for their gods.' He was then asked, 'And what is divining with arrows?' He said, 'Their arrow shafts that they swear by.'

Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa [sawa]
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 123, no. 2

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Question : #746 Category: Ahl ul Bayt / Imams
Subject: Hazrat Abbas AS
Question: Salaams I have done the taqleed of Agha Sistani may Allah give him a long life. A friend from Iran gave me a shabhi (picture ) of Hazrat Abbas AS and I put it up and have got a lot of objection from friends and family. My Question is what is Agha Sistani's view on this.
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Answer: If due deference and respect is observed, and the scene does not contain anything that would detract from their holy pictures in the minds [of the viewers], there is no problem.

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