Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1700
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ أَبِي نَافِعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ سَبَقَ إِلاَّ فِي نَصْلٍ أَوْ خُفٍّ أَوْ حَافِرٍ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Kurayb reported to us from Waki, from Ibn Abi Dhi b, from Nafi ibn Abi Nafi, from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet, who said: No prize is permitted except in archery, camel racing, or horse racing.
Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic names the means metonymically: an arrow, a camel’s hoof, or a horse’s hoof, referring to archery and racing.