The Book on Government

كتاب الإمارة

Chapter 25: Horse Races and Training Horses for Racing

This tradition has been handed down through several other chains of transmitters. One of the chaines has the addition of the following words from Abdullah b. 'Umar

" I came first in the race and my horse jumped into the mosque with me."

Chapter 26: The virtue of horses; "Goodness is tied to their Forelocks."

It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said

There will be great benefit in the forelock of the horses until the Day of judgment.

The same tradition has been handed down through a different chain of transmitters.

It has been narrated on the authority of Jarir b. Abdullah who said

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.

The above tradition has also been narrated on the authority of Yunus through a different chain of transmitters.

The same tradition has been narrated on the authority of Urwat al-Bariqi who said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said

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

'Urwat al-Bariqi reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said this

Good is tied to the forelock of the horses. It Was said to him: Messenger of Allah, why is it so? He (the Prophet said): For reward and booty until the Day of Judgment.

This hadith has been narrated with the same chain of transmitters with the difference that here instead of" Urwat al-Bariqi" there is" Urwa b. ja'd."

A version of the tradition narrated on the authority of 'Urwat al-Bariqi does not mention (the words)

" reward and booty".

A version of the tradition transmitted on the authority of 'Urwa b. al-ja'd does not mention" reward and booty".

It has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said

There is a blessing in the forelocks of the war horses.

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.

Chapter 27: Disliked qualities in Horses

It has been narrated on the authority of Abn Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to dislike the Shikal horse.

This tradition has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan with the addition from Abd ar-Razzaq (one of the narrators) explaining the meaning of shikal as a bone whose right back foot and left front foot or left back foot and right front foot are white.

The tradition has been handed down through a different chain of transmitters.

Chapter 28: The virtue of Jihad and going out (to fight) in the cause of Allah

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace upon him) said

Allah has undertaken to look after the affairs of one who goes out to fight in His way believing in Him and affirming the truth of His Apostles. He is committed to His care that Re will either admit him to Paradise or bring him back to his home from where he set out with a reward or (his share of) booty. By the Being in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad. If a person gets wounded in the way of Allah, he will come on the Day of Judgment with his wound in the same condition as it was when it was first inflicted; its colour being the colour of blood but its smell will be the smell of musk. By, the Being in Whose Hand is Muhammad's life, if it were not to be too hard upon the Muslime. I would not lag behind any expedition which is going to fight in the cause of Allah. But I do not have abundant means to provide them (the Mujahids) with riding beasts, nor have they (i. e. all of them) abundant means (to provide themselves with all the means of Jihad) so that they could he left behind. By the Being in Whose Hand is Muhammad's life, I love to fight in the way of Allah and be killed, to fight and again be killed and to fight again and be killed.

The same tradition has been melted through another chain of transmitters.

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira who said

Allah has undertaken to provide for one who leaves his home (only) to fight for His cause and to affirm the truth of His word; Allah will either admit him to Paradise or will bring him back home from where he had come out, with his reward and booty.

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said

One who is wounded in the way of Allah-and Allah knows better who is wounded in His way-will appear on the Day of Judgment with his wound bleediing. The colour (of its discharge) will be the colour of blood, (but) its smell will be the smell of musk.

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Haraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said

Every wound received by a Muslim in the way of Allah will appear on the Day of Judgment in the same condition as it was when it was inflicted, and would be bleeding profusely. The colour (of its discharge) will be the colour of blood, but its smell will be the smell of musk. By the Being in Whose Hand is Muhammad's life, if it were not hard upon the Muslims, I would not lag behind any expedition undertaken for Jihad, but I do not possess abundant means to provide the Mujahids with riding animals, nor do they (i. e. all of them) have abundant means (to provide themselves with all the means of Jihad) to follow me, nor would it please their hearts to stay behind me.