Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Horses

Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Dimashqī > Marwān al-Ṭāṭarī > Khālid b. Yazīd b. Ṣāliḥ b. Ṣubayḥ al-Murrī > Ibrāhīm b. Abū ʿAblah > al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Jurashī > Jubayr b. Nufayr > Salamah b. Nufayl al-Kindī

"I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah when a man said: 'O Messenger of Allah! The people have lost interest in horses and put down their weapons, and they say there is no Jihad, and that war has ended.' The Messenger of Allah turned to face him and said: 'They are lying, now the fighting is to come. There will always be a group among my Ummah who will fight for the truth, for whom Allah will cause some people to deviate, and grant them provision from them, until the Hour begins and until the promise of Allah comes. Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection. It has been revealed to me that I am going to die and will not stay long, and you will follow me group after group, striking one another's necks. And the place of safety for the believers is Ash-Sham.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ دِمَشْقِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ الطَّاطَرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ الْمُرِّيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْلَةَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُرَشِيِّ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَذَالَ النَّاسُ الْخَيْلَ وَوَضَعُوا السِّلَاحَ وَقَالُوا لَا جِهَادَ قَدْ وَضَعَتِ الْحَرْبُ أَوْزَارَهَا فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «كَذَبُوا الْآنَ جَاءَ الْقِتَالُ وَلَا يَزَالُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَمَةٌ يُقَاتِلُونَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَيُزِيغُ اللهُ لَهُمْ قُلُوبَ أَقْوَامٍ وَيَرْزُقُهُمْ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ أَوْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللهِ وَالْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُوَ يُوحِي إِلَيَّ أَنِّي مَقْبُوضٌ غَيْرُ مُلَبَّثٍ وَأَنْتُمْ مُتَّبِعُونِي أَفْنَادًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ وَعُقْرُ دَارِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الشَّامُ»

ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥārith > Maḥbūb b. Mūsá > Abū Isḥāq > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'There is goodness tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection. And horses are of three types: Those that bring reward to man, those that are a means of protection for a man, and those that are a burden (of sin) for a man. As for those that bring reward, they are kept for the cause of Allah and for Jihad. No fodder enters their stomach but for everything that enters their stomachs, reward is written for him, even if he puts them out to pasture.'" And he quoted the Hadith.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَحْبُوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الْخَيْلُ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَهِيَ لِرَجُلٍ أَجْرٌ وَهِيَ لِرَجُلٍ سِتْرٌ وَهِيَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ وِزْرٌ فَأَمَّا الَّتِي هِيَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ فَالَّذِي يَحْتَسِبُهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَيَتَّخِذُهَا لَهُ وَلَا تُغَيِّبُ فِي بُطُونِهَا شَيْئًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ غُيِّبَتْ فِي بُطُونِهَا أَجْرٌ وَلَوْ عَرَضَ لَهَا مَرْجٌ» وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ

Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Zayd b. Aslam > Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Sammān > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Keeping horses may be a source of reward to some (man), a shelter to another (i.e. means of earning one's living), or a burden to a third. He to whom the horse will be a source of reward is the one who keeps it in Allah's Cause (prepare it for holy battles) and ties it by a long rope in a pasture (or a garden). He will get a reward equal to what its long rope allows it to eat in the pasture or the garden, and if that horse breaks its rope and crosses one or two hills, then all its footsteps and its dung will be counted as good deeds for its owner; and if it passes by a river and drinks from it, then that will also be regarded as a good deed for its owner even if he has had no intention of watering it then. Horses are a shelter from poverty to the second person who keeps horses for earning his living so as not to ask others, and at the same time he gives Allah's right (i.e. rakʿat) (from the wealth he earns through using them in trading etc.,) and does not overburden them. He who keeps horses just out of pride and for showing off and as a means of harming the Muslims, his horses will be a source of sins to him." When Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about donkeys, he replied, "Nothing particular was revealed to me regarding them except the general unique verse which is applicable to everything: "Whoever does goodness equal to the weight of an atom (or small ant) shall see it (its reward) on the Day of Resurrection."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ السَّمَّانِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْخَيْلُ لِرَجُلٍ أَجْرٌ وَلِرَجُلٍ سِتْرٌ وَعَلَى رَجُلٍ وِزْرٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِي هِيَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ فَرَجُلٌ رَبَطَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَأَطَالَ لَهَا بِمَرْجٍ أَوْ رَوْضَةٍ فَمَا أَصَابَتْ فِي طِيَلَهَا ذَلِكَ مِنَ الْمَرْجِ أَوِ الرَّوْضَةِ كَانَ لَهُ حَسَنَاتٌ وَلَوْ أَنَّهَا قَطَعَتْ طِيَلَهَا ذَلِكَ فَاسْتَنَّتْ شَرَفًا أَوْ شَرَفَيْنِ كَانَتْ آثَارُهَا فِي حَدِيثِ الْحَارِثِ وَأَرْوَاثُهَا حَسَنَاتٌ لَهُ وَلَوْ أَنَّهَا مَرَّتْ بِنَهَرٍ فَشَرِبَتْ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُرِدْ أَنْ يَسْقِيَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ حَسَنَاتٍ فَهِيَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ وَرَجُلٌ رَبَطَهَا تَغَنِّيًا وَتَعَفُّفًا وَلَمْ يَنْسَ حَقَّ اللهِ فِي رِقَابِهَا وَلَا ظُهُورِهَا فَهِيَ لِذَلِكَ سِتْرٌ وَرَجُلٌ رَبَطَهَا فَخْرًا وَرِيَاءً وَنِوَاءً لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَهِيَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وِزْرٌ» وَسُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْحَمِيرِ فَقَالَ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ الْجَامِعَةُ الْفَاذَّةُ {فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ} [الزلزلة 8]

Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ b. ʿAbdullāh from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah > Anas

"There was nothing dearer to the Messenger of Allah after women than horses."

أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

«لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَحَبُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ النِّسَاءِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ»

ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Sūwayd b. Qays > Muʿāwiyah b. Ḥadīj > Abū Dhar

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'There is no Arabian horse but it is allowed to offer two supplications every Sahar (end of the night): O Allah, You have caused me to be owned by whoever You wanted among the sons of Adam, and you have made me belong to him. Make me the dearest of his family and wealth to him, or among the dearest of his family and wealth to him.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حَدِيجٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا مِنْ فَرَسٍ عَرَبِيٍّ إِلَّا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ فَجْرٍ بِدَعْوَتَيْنِ اللهُمَّ خَوَّلْتَنِي مَنْ خَوَّلْتَنِي مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ وَجَعَلْتَنِي لَهُ فَاجْعَلْنِي أَحَبَّ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ إِلَيْهِ أَوْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ إِلَيْهِ»

Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ al-Naysābūrī > Abū Aḥmad al-Bazzār Hishām b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Muhājir al-Anṣārī > ʿUqayl b. Shabīb > Abū WahbWakānat Lah Ṣuḥbah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Call (your children) by the names of the prophets. And the most beloved names to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, are 'Abdullah and 'Abdur-Rahman. Keep horses; wipe their forelocks and posteriors, and prepare them for Jihad, but do not prepare them to seek vengeance for people killed during the Jahiliyyah. You should seek out Kumait, horses with a white mark on the face and white feet, or red with a white mark on the face and white feet, or black with a white mark on the face and white feet.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْبَزَّارُ هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُهَاجِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ عُقَيْلِ بْنِ شَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَهْبٍ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تَسَمَّوْا بِأَسْمَاءِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَأَحَبُّ الْأَسْمَاءِ إِلَى اللهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَارْتَبِطُوا الْخَيْلَ وَامْسَحُوا بِنَوَاصِيهَا وَأَكْفَالِهَا وَقَلِّدُوهَا وَلَا تُقَلِّدُوهَا الْأَوْتَارَ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِكُلِّ كُمَيْتٍ أَغَرَّ مُحَجَّلٍ أَوْ أَشْقَرَ أَغَرَّ مُحَجَّلٍ أَوْ أَدْهَمَ أَغَرَّ مُحَجَّلٍ»

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Bishr > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet used to dislike the Shikal among horses. And the wording is that of Isma'il.

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَأَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَكْرَهُ الشِّكَالَ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ» اللَّفْظُ لِإِسْمَاعِيلَ

Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > Salm b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

That the Prophet ﷺ disliked Shikal in horses.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سَلْمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «كَرِهَ الشِّكَالَ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ»

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd And Muḥammad b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sālim from his father

"Omens are only in three things: a woman, a horse or a house."

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي ثَلَاثٍ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ وَالدَّارِ»

Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > Maʿn > Mālik And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥamzah Wasālim Āb.ay ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"An omen is in a dwelling, a woman or a horse." Abu Dawud said: This tradition was read out to al-Harith b. Miskin and I was witness. It was said to him that Ibn Qasim told him that Malik was asked about evil omen in a horse and in a house. He replied: There are many houses in which people lived and perished and again others lived therein and they also perished. This is its explanation so far as we know. Allah knows best. Abu Dawud said: 'Umar (ra) said: A mat in a house better than a woman who does not give birth to a child.

أَخْبَرَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حَمْزَةَ وَسَالِمٍ ابْنَيْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الشُّؤْمُ فِي الدَّارِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ»

Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Ibn Jurayj > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

"If there are (omens) in anything, they are in houses, women and horses."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنْ يَكُ الشُّؤْمُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَفِي الرَّبْعَةِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَالْفَرَسِ»

Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Naḍr > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas > And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas b. Mālik

Messenger of Allah ﷺ ﷺ said, "There is a blessing in the fore-heads of horses."

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا وَأَخْبَرَنَا وَمُحَمَّدَ بْنَ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْبَرَكَةُ فِي نَوَاصِي الْخَيْلِ»

ʿImrān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yūnus > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Jarīr

I saw that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was twisting the forelock of a horse with his fingers and he was saying: (A great) benefit. i. e. reward (for rearing them for Jihad) and spoils of war, has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Judgment.

أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَفْتِلُ نَاصِيَةَ فَرَسٍ بَيْنَ إِصْبُعَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ «الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الْأَجْرُ وَالْغَنِيمَةُ»

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Good will remain (as a permanent quality) in the foreheads of horses till the Day of Resurrection."

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْخَيْلُ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»

Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Ibn Idrīs > Ḥaṣīn > ʿĀmir > ʿUrwah al-Bāriqī

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ حَصِينٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ الْبَارِقِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»

Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná Wmuḥammad b. Bashhār > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Ḥaṣīn > al-Shaʿbī > ʿUrwah b. Abū al-Jaʿd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Good will remain (as a permanent quality) in the foreheads of horses (for Jihad) till the Day of Resurrection, for they bring about either a reward (in the Hereafter) or (war) booty (in this world)."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ومُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ حَصِينٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الْأَجْرُ وَالْمَغْنَمُ»

ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > ʿUrwah

Great good is attached to the forelock of the horses until the Day of Judgment.

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الْأَجْرُ وَالْمَغْنَمُ»

ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > Ḥaṣīn And ʿAbd Allāh b. Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > ʿUrwah b. Abū al-Jaʿd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Good will remain (as a permanent quality) in the foreheads of horses (for Jihad) till the Day of Resurrection, for they bring about either a reward (in the Hereafter) or (war) booty (in this world)."

أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي حَصِينٌ وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ أَنَّهُمَا سَمِعَا الشَّعْبِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الْأَجْرُ وَالْمَغْنَمُ»

al-Ḥasan b. Ismāʿīl b. Sulaymān > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd b. Jābir > Abū Salām al-Dimashqī > Khālid b. Zayd al-Juhanī

"Uqbah bin 'Amir used to pass by me and say: 'O Khalid, let us go out and shoot arrows.' One day I came late and he said: 'O Khalid, come and I will tell you what the Messenger of Allah said.' So I went to him and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: Allah will admit three people to Paradise because of one arrow: The one who makes it seeking good thereby, the one who shoots it and the one who hands it to him. So shoot and ride, and if you shoot that is dearer to me than if you ride. And play is only in three things: A man training his horse, and playing with his wife, and shooting with his bow and arrow. Whoever gives up shooting after learning it because he is no longer interested in it, that is a blessing for which he is ungrateful -or that he has rejected.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَامٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ يَمُرُّ بِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ فَيَقُولُ يَا خَالِدُ اخْرُجْ بِنَا نَرْمِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَبْطَأْتُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا خَالِدُ تَعَالَ أُخْبِرْكَ مَا قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ يُدْخِلُ بِالسَّهْمِ الْوَاحِدِ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ الْجَنَّةَ صَانِعَهُ يَحْتَسِبُ فِي صَنْعَتِهِ الْخَيْرَ وَالرَّامِيَ بِهِ وَمُنْبِلَهُ فَارْمُوا وَارْكَبُوا وَأَنْ تَرْمُوا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَرْكَبُوا وَلَيْسَ اللهْوُ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثَةٍ تَأْدِيبِ الرَّجُلِ فَرَسَهُ وَمُلَاعَبَتِهِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَرَمْيِهِ بِقَوْسِهِ وَنَبْلِهِ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمْيَ بَعْدَمَا عَلِمَهُ رَغْبَةً عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهَا نِعْمَةٌ كَفَرَهَا أَوْ قَالَ كَفَرَ بِهَا

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > Abū al-Khayr > Ibn Zarīr > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was present with a she-mule which he rode, so Ali said: If we made asses cover mares we would have animals of this type. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Only those who do not know do that.

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ عَنِ ابْنِ زَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ

أُهْدِيَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَغْلَةٌ فَرَكِبَهَا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لَوْ حَمَلْنَا الْحَمِيرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ لَكَانَتْ لَنَا مِثْلَ هَذِهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ»

Ḥumayd b. Masʿadah > Ḥammād > Abū Jahḍam > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbbās

I was with Ibn 'Abbas and a man asked him: "Did the Messenger of Allah recite during Zuhr and 'Asr?" He said: "No." He said: "Perhaps he used to recite to himself?" He said: "May your face be scratched! This question is worse than the first one. The Messenger of Allah was a slave whose Lord commanded him and he conveyed (the message). By Allah, the Messenger of Allah did not specify anything for us above the people, except for three things: He commanded us to perform Wudu' properly, not to consume charity, and not to mate donkeys with horses."

أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي جَهْضَمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَلَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي نَفْسِهِ؟ قَالَ خَمْشًا هَذِهِ شَرٌّ مِنَ الْأُولَى إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَبْدٌ أَمَرَهُ اللهُ بِأَمْرِهِ فَبَلَّغَهُ وَاللهِ مَا اخْتَصَّنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَيْءٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا بِثَلَاثَةٍ «أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نُسْبِغَ الْوُضُوءَ وَأَنْ لَا نَأْكُلَ الصَّدَقَةَ وَأَنْ لَا نُنْزِي الْحُمُرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ»

Ibn Wahb > Ṭalḥah b. Abū Saʿīd > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

"Whoever keeps a horse for the cause of Allah out of faith in Allah and believing the promise of Allah, its feed, water, urine and dung will all count as Hasanat in the balance of his deeds."

الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي طَلْحَةُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ سَعِيدًا الْمَقْبُرِيِّ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ احْتَبَسَ فَرَسًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ إِيمَانًا بِاللهِ وَتَصْدِيقًا لِوَعْدِ اللهِ كَانَ شِبَعُهُ وَرِيُّهُ وَبَوْلُهُ وَرَوْثُهُ حَسَنَاتٍ فِي مِيزَانِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»

Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

‘Abd Allah bin Umar said “The Apostle of Allaah ﷺ held race between the horses which had been made lean by training from Al Hafya’. The goal was Thaniyyat Al Wada’ and he held a race between the horses Banu Zuraiq and ‘Abd Allaah was one of the racers.

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «سَابَقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ الَّتِي قَدْ أُضْمِرَتْ مِنَ الْحَفْيَاءِ وَكَانَ أَمَدُهَا ثَنِيَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ وَسَابَقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ الَّتِي لَمْ تُضْمَرْ مِنَ الثَّنِيَّةِ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ» وَأَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ كَانَ مِمَّنْ سَابَقَ بِهَا

Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah organized a horse race and sent them from Al-Hafya' and its finish line was Thaniyyat Al-Wada'; and he organized a race for horses that had not been made lean, and the course stretched from Ath-Thaniyyah to the Masjid of Banu Zuraiq.

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «سَابَقَ الْخَيْلَ يُرْسِلُهَا مِنَ الْحَفْيَاءِ وَكَانَ أَمَدُهَا ثَنِيَّةَ الْوَدَاعِ وَسَابَقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ الَّتِي لَمْ تُضْمَرْ وَكَانَ أَمَدُهَا مِنَ الثَّنِيَّةِ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ»

Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Nāfiʿ b. Abū Nāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

"There should be no awards (for victory in a competition) except for arrows, camels or horses."

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ أَبِي نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا سَبْقَ إِلَّا فِي نَصْلٍ أَوْ حَافِرٍ أَوْ خُفٍّ»

Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Nāfiʿ b. Abū Nāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

"There should be no awards (for victory in a competition) except for arrows, camels or horses."

أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ أَبِي نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا سَبْقَ إِلَّا فِي نَصْلٍ أَوْ خُفٍّ أَوْ حَافِرٍ»

Ibrāhīm b. Yaʿqūb > Ibn Abū Maryam > al-Layth > Ibn Abū Jaʿfar > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Abū ʿAbdullāh a freed slave of al-Jundaʿiyyīn > Abū Hurayrah

"No award (for victory in a competition) is permissible except over camels or horses."

أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ مَوْلَى الْجُنْدَعِيِّينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

«لَا يَحِلُّ سَبْقٌ إِلَّا عَلَى خُفٍّ أَوْ حَافِرٍ»

Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Khālid > Ḥumayd > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah had a she-camel called Al-'Adba' which could not be beaten. One day a Bedouin came on a riding-camel and beat her (in a race). The Muslims were upset by that, and when he saw the expressions on their faces they said: 'O Messenger of Allah, Al-'Adba' has been beaten.' He said: 'It is a right upon Allah that nothing is raised in this world except He lowers it.'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كَانَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَاقَةٌ تُسَمَّى الْعَضْبَاءَ لَا تُسْبَقُ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ عَلَى قَعُودٍ فَسَبَقَهَا فَشَقَّ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا فِي وُجُوهِهِمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ سُبِقَتِ الْعَضْبَاءُ قَالَ «إِنَّ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ لَا يَرْتَفِعَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا وَضَعَهُ»

ʿImrān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū al-Ḥakam a freed slave of Libanī Layth > Abū Hurayrah

"There should be no awards (for victory in a competition) except for arrows, camels or horses."

أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ مَوْلَى لِبَنِي لَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا سَبْقَ إِلَّا فِي حَافِرٍ أَوْ خُفٍّ»

Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Yazīd / Ibn Zurayʿ > Ḥumayd > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥaṣīn

"There is no 'bringing', no 'avoidance' and no Shighar in Islam, and whoever robs, he is not one of us."

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حَصِينٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا جَلَبَ وَلَا جَنَبَ وَلَا شِغَارَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَمَنِ انْتَهَبَ نُهْبَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»