وَ رَوَى عَمْرُو بْنُ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اَللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: إِنَّمَا اَلْخَمْرُ وَ اَلْمَيْسِرُ وَ اَلْأَنْصٰابُ وَ اَلْأَزْلاٰمُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ اَلشَّيْطٰانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ مَا اَلْمَيْسِرُ قَالَ "كُلُّ مَا تُقُومِرَ بِهِ حَتَّى اَلْكِعَابُ وَ اَلْجَوْزُ، " قِيلَ فَمَا اَلْأَنْصَابُ قَالَ "مَا ذَبَحُوا لآِلِهَتِهِمْ " قِيلَ فَمَا اَلْأَزْلاَمُ قَالَ "قِدَاحُهُمُ اَلَّتِي يَسْتَقْسِمُونَ بِهَا " ".
It is narrated from Amr ibn Shimr, from Jabir, from Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (a.s), who said: "When Allah (swt), the Blessed and Exalted, revealed the verse: 'Indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah (swt)], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid them' (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:90). The people asked: 'O Messenger of Allah (swt), what is gambling (maysir)?' He (saws) replied: 'Everything that involves betting, even dice and walnuts.' They asked: 'What are the stone alters (ansab)?' He (saws) said: 'They are the sacrifices offered to their idols.' They asked: 'What are the divining arrows (azlam)?' He (saws) said: 'They are their arrows used for seeking decisions or division.'"