Sunan Ibn Majah 2788

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-Shawārib narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Mukhtār narrated to us: Suhayl narrated to us, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses”—or he said, “Horses have goodness tied to their forelocks.” Suhayl said: I am uncertain whether he said “goodness.” “This continues until the Day of Resurrection. Horses are of three kinds: one brings a man reward, one is a covering for him, and one is a burden against him. The one that brings reward is kept by a man in the path of God and prepared for it; nothing it takes into its belly goes unrecorded for him as a reward. If he pastures it in a meadow, whatever it eats is recorded for him as a reward. If he gives it water from a flowing river, each drop it takes into its belly earns him a reward”—then he mentioned reward for its urine and dung—“and if it climbs a hill or two, each step it takes is recorded for him as a reward. The one that is a covering is kept by a man for dignity and adornment, while he does not neglect its due, on its back and in its belly, in hardship or ease. The one that is a burden against him is kept out of pride, arrogance, ostentation, and showing off to people; that is the one that is a burden against him.”