Jihad

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Abu Hurayra also reported: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked the shikal marking in horses. Shikal is when a horse has a white marking on its right hind leg and left foreleg, or on its right foreleg and left hind leg. Narrated by Muslim.

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ʿAbdullah ibn ʿUmar reported that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) raced horses that had been trained from al-Hafya, with their finishing point at Thaniyyat al-Wadaʿ; the distance between them was six miles. He also raced untrained horses from the pass to the mosque of Banu Zurayq; the distance between them was one mile.

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Anas reported: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) had a she-camel called al-ʿAdbaʾ that was never outpaced. A Bedouin came riding a young camel of his and outpaced her. This distressed the Muslims, so the Messenger of God said, ‘It is God’s established way that nothing in this world rises without Him bringing it down.’ Narrated by al-Bukhari.

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ʿUqba ibn ʿAmir reported: I heard the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) say, ‘By means of a single arrow, God admits three people to Paradise: its maker, who seeks good through his craft; the one who shoots it; and the one who hands it to the archer. Shoot and ride; shooting is dearer to me than riding. Everything a man amuses himself with is vain except shooting with his bow, training his horse, and playing with his wife, for these are right and proper.’ Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah. Abu Dawud and al-Darimi added, ‘Whoever abandons archery after learning it, out of aversion to it, has abandoned a blessing,’ or he said, ‘has disbelieved in it.’

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Abu Najih al-Sulami reported: I heard the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) say, ‘Whoever delivers an arrow in God’s cause will have a rank in Paradise. Whoever shoots an arrow in God’s cause will have the equivalent of freeing a slave. Whoever grows a gray hair in Islam will have it as a light on the Day of Resurrection.’ Al-Bayhaqi narrated it in Shuʿab al-Iman. Abu Dawud narrated the first part; al-Nasaʾi the first and second; and al-Tirmidhi the second and third. Their versions say, ‘Whoever grows a gray hair in God’s cause’ instead of ‘in Islam.’

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Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘No prize is permitted except in archery, camel racing, or horse racing.’ Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, and al-Nasaʾi.

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Abu Hurayra also reported that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Whoever enters a horse between two horses: if it is expected to win, there is no good in that; if it is not expected to win, there is no harm in it.’ Narrated in Sharh al-Sunna. In Abu Dawud’s version he said, ‘Whoever enters a horse between two horses, meaning that it is not expected to win, it is not gambling; whoever enters a horse between two horses when it is certain to win, that is gambling.’

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ʿImran ibn Husayn reported that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘There is to be no jalab or janab.’ Yahya added in his version, ‘in wagers.’ Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasaʾi. Al-Tirmidhi narrated it with an addition in the chapter on anger.

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Abu Qatada reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘The best horses are black with a white star and white muzzle, followed by a horse with a white star and white stockings, with its right foreleg unmarked; if it is not black, then a chestnut horse with this same pattern.’ Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and al-Darimi.

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Abu Wahb al-Jushami reported that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Choose a chestnut horse with a white star and white stockings, or a reddish horse with a white star and white stockings, or a black horse with a white star and white stockings.’ Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasaʾi.

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Ibn ʿAbbas reported that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Good fortune in horses lies in the reddish ones.’ Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud.

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ʿUtba ibn ʿAbd al-Sulami reported that he heard the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) say, ‘Do not cut the forelocks, manes, or tails of horses, for their tails swat away flies, their manes keep them warm, and goodness is tied to their forelocks.’ Narrated by Abu Dawud.

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Abu Wahb al-Jushami reported that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Keep horses and wipe their forelocks and hindquarters—or, he said, their loins—and put collars on them, but do not collar them with bowstrings.’ Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasaʾi.

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Ibn ʿAbbas reported: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) was a servant under command. He did not single us out from other people for anything except three things: he instructed us to perform ablution thoroughly, not to eat charity, and not to mate a donkey with a horse. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasaʾi.

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ʿAli (may God be pleased with him) reported: A mule was given to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), and he rode it. ʿAli said, ‘If we bred donkeys with horses, would we have ones like this?’ The Messenger of God replied, ‘Only those who do not know do that.’ Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Nasaʾi.

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Anas reported: The pommel of the Messenger of God’s sword was made of silver. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, al-Nasaʾi, and al-Darimi.

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Hud ibn ʿAbdullah ibn Saʿd reported from his grandfather, Mazida: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) entered on the day of the Conquest with gold and silver on his sword. Al-Tirmidhi narrated it and said, ‘This is an uncommon hadith.’

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Al-Saʾib ibn Yazid reported: On the day of Uhud, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore two coats of mail, one over the other. Narrated by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah.

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It was reported that the banner of the Prophet of God (peace and blessings be upon him) was black, while his standard was white. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.

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Musa ibn ʿUbayda, the client of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, reported: Muhammad ibn al-Qasim sent me to al-Baraʾ ibn ʿAzib to ask him about the banner of the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him). He said, ‘It was black and square, made of striped woolen cloth.’ Narrated by Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi, and Abu Dawud.