Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 55, Hadith 16
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: كَانَ أَصْحَابُنَا يُرَخِّصُونَ لَنَا فِي اللُّعَبِ كُلِّهَا، غَيْرِ الْكِلاَبِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ: يَعْنِي لِلصِّبْيَانِ.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa ibn Isma‘il related to us: Abu ‘Awanah related to us, from Mughirah, from Ibrahim, who said: ‘Our companions used to permit us all kinds of play except for dogs.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah said: ‘He means for boys.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The final editorial gloss specifies that the permission to play refers to children.