Volume 4, 56 Fighting for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)
Hadith Number 2852
Chapter: 44 Jihad is to be carried on whether the Muslim ruler is good or bad
Narrated `Urwa Al-Bariqi: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Good will remain (as a permanent quality) in the foreheads of horses (for Jihad) till the Day of Resurrection, for they bring about either a reward (in the Hereafter) or (war) booty (in this world).”
Hadith Number 2853
Chapter: 45 Keeping a horse for Jihad
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If somebody keeps a horse in Allah’s Cause motivated by his faith in Allah and his belief in His Promise, then he will be rewarded on the Day of Resurrection for what the horse has eaten or drunk and for its dung and urine.”
Hadith Number 2854
Chapter: 46 To name a horse and a donkey
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi Qatada: (from his father) Abu Qatada went out (on a journey) with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) but he was left behind with some of his companions who were in the state of Ihram. He himself was not in the state of Ihram. They saw an opener before he could see it. When they saw the opener, they did not speak anything till Abu Qatada saw it. So, he rode over his horse called Al-Jarada and requested them to give him his lash, but they refused. So, he himself took it and then attacked the opener and slaughtered it. He ate of its meat and his companions ate, too, but they regretted their eating. When they met the Prophet (they asked him about it) and he asked, “Have you some of its meat (left) with you?” Abu Qatada replied, “Yes, we have its leg with us.” So, the Prophet (ﷺ) took and ate it.
Hadith Number 2855
Narrated Sahl: In our garden there was a horse belonging to the Prophet (ﷺ) called Al-Luhaif or Al-Lakhif.
Hadith Number 2856
Narrated Mu`adh: I was a companion rider of the Prophet (ﷺ) on a donkey called ‘Ufair. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked, “O Mu`adh! Do you know what Allah’s right on His slaves is, and what the right of His slaves on Him is?” I replied, “Allah and His Apostle know better.” He said, “Allah’s right on His slaves is that they should worship Him (Alone) and should not worship any besides Him. And slave’s right on Allah is that He should not punish him who worships none besides Him.” I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Should I not inform the people of this good news?” He said, “Do not inform them of it, lest they should depend on it (absolutely).
Hadith Number 2857
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Once there was a feeling of fright in Medina, so the Prophet (ﷺ) borrowed a horse belonging to us called Mandub (and he rode away on it). (When the Prophet (ﷺ) returned) he said, “I have not seen anything of fright and I found it (i.e. this horse) very fast.”
Hadith Number 2858
Chapter: 47 What has been said about the evil omen of a horse
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying. “Evil omen is in three things: The horse, the woman and the house.”
Hadith Number 2859
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d Saidi: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said “If there is any evil omen in anything, then it is in the woman, the horse and the house.”
Hadith Number 2860
Chapter: 48 Horses (are kept) for three (purposes)
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ” Horses are kept for one of three purposes; for some people they are a source of reward, for some others they are a means of shelter and for some others they are a source of sins. The one for whom they are a source of reward, is he who keeps a horse for Allah’s Cause (i.e. Jihad) tying it with a long tether on a meadow or in a garden with the result that whatever it eats from the area of the meadow or the garden where it is tied will be counted as good deeds for his benefit, and if it should break its rope and jump over one or two hillocks then all its dung and its foot marks will be written as good deeds for him; and if it passes by a river and drinks water from it even though he had no intention of watering it, even then he will get the reward for its drinking. As for the man for whom horses are a source of sins, he is the one who keeps a horse for the sake of pride and pretense and showing enmity for Muslims: such a horse will be a source of sins for him. When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about donkeys, he replied, “Nothing has been revealed to me about them except this unique, comprehensive Verse: “Then anyone who does an atom’s (or a small ant’s) weight of good shall see it; And anyone who does an atom’s (or a small ant’s) weight of evil, shall see it.’ (101.7-8)
Hadith Number 2861
Chapter: 49 Whoever beats somebody else’s animal during the battle (intending to help its rider)
Narrated Muslim from Abu `Aqil from Abu Al-Mutawakkil An-Naji: I called on Jabir bin `Abdullah Al-Ansari and said to him, “Relate to me what you have heard from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) .” He said, “I accompanied him on one of the journeys.” (Abu `Aqil said, “I do not know whether that journey was for the purpose of Jihad or `Umra.”) “When we were returning,” Jabir continued, “the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Whoever wants to return earlier to his family, should hurry up.’ We set off and I was on a black red tainted camel having no defect, and the people were behind me. While I was in that state the camel stopped suddenly (because of exhaustion). On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, ‘O Jabir, wait!’ Then he hit it once with his lash and it started moving on a fast pace. He then said, ‘Will you sell the camel?’ I replied in the affirmative when we reached Medina, and the Prophet (ﷺ) went to the Mosque along with his companions. I, too, went to him after tying the camel on the pavement at the Mosque gate. Then I said to him, ‘This is your camel.’ He came out and started examining the camel and saying, ‘The camel is ours.’ Then the Prophet (ﷺ) sent some Awaq (i.e. an amount) of gold saying, ‘Give it to Jabir.’ Then he asked, ‘Have you taken the full price (of the camel)?’ I replied in the affirmative. He said, ‘Both the price and the camel are for you.’ ”
Hadith Number 2862
Chapter: 50 Riding on an unmanageable animal or a stallion horse
Narrated Anas bin Malik: There was a feeling of fright in Medina, so the Prophet (ﷺ) borrowed a horse called Mandub belonging ‘to Abu Talha and mounted it. (On his return), he said, “I did not see anything of fright and I found this horse very fast.”
Hadith Number 2863
Chapter: 51 The share of the horse (from the booty)
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) fixed two shares for the horse and one share for its rider (from the war booty).
Hadith Number 2864
Chapter: 52 Leading somebody else’s animal during the battle
Narrated Abu ‘Is-haq: Somebody asked Al-Bar-a bin `Azib, “Did you flee deserting Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) during the battle of Hunain?” Al-Bara replied, “But Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) did not flee. The people of the Tribe of Hawazin were good archers. When we met them, we attacked them, and they fled. When the Muslims started collecting the war booty, the pagans faced us with arrows, but Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) did not flee. No doubt, I saw him on his white mule and Abu Sufyan was holding its reins and the Prophet (ﷺ) was saying, ‘I am the Prophet (ﷺ) in truth: I am the son of `Abdul Muttalib.’ “
Hadith Number 2865
Chapter: 53 The saddle and the stirrup of an animal
Narrated Ibn’`Umar: When the Prophet (ﷺ) put his feet in the stirrup and the she-camel got up carrying him he would start reciting Talbiya at the mosque of Dhul-Hulaifa.
Hadith Number 2866
Chapter: 54 The riding of an unsaddled horse
Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) met them (i.e. the people) while he was riding an unsaddled horse with his sword slung over his shoulder.
Hadith Number 2867
Chapter: 55 A slow horse
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Once the people of Medina were frightened, so the Prophet (ﷺ) rode a horse belonging to Abu Talha and it ran slowly, or was of narrow paces. When he returned, he said, “I found your (i.e. Abu Talha’s) horse very fast. After that the horse could not be surpassed in running..’
Hadith Number 2868
Chapter: 56 Horse races
Narrated (`Abdullah) bin `Umar The Prophet (ﷺ) arranged for a horse race amongst the horses that had been made lean to take place between Al-Hafya” and Thaniyat Al-Wada` (i.e. names of two places) and the horses which had not been mad.? lean from Ath-Thaniyat to the mosque of Bani Zuraiq. I was also amongst those who took part in that horse race. Sufyan, a sub-narrator, said, “The distance between Al-Hafya and Thaniya Al- Wada` is five or six miles; and between Thaniya and the mosque of Bani Zuraiq is one mile.”
Hadith Number 2869
Chapter: 57 Idmar (the preparation) of horses for racing
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) arranged for a horse race of the horses which had not been made lean; the area of the race was from Ath-Thaniya to the mosque of Bani Zuraiq. (The sub-narrator said, “`Abdullah bin `Umar was amongst those who participated in that horse race.”).
Hadith Number 2870
Chapter: 58 The extreme limit of the race of horses
Narrated Abu ‘Is-haq from Musa bin `Uqba from Mafia from Ibn `Umar who said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) arranged a horse race amongst the horses that had been made lean, letting them start from Al-Hafya’ and their limit (distance of running) was up to Thaniyat-al-Wada`. I asked Musa, ‘What was the distance between the two places?’ Musa replied, ‘Six or seven miles. He arranged a race of the horses which had not been made lean sending them from Thaniyat-al-Wada`, and their limit was up to the mosque of Bani Zuraiq.’ I asked, ‘What was the distance between those two places?’ He replied ‘One mile or so.’ Ibn `Umar was amongst those who participated in that horse race.”
Hadith Number 2871
Chapter: 59 The she-camel of the Prophet saws
Ibn Umar said, “The Prophet ﷺ made Usama ride behind him on Al-Qaswa (i.e., the Prophet’s she-camel).” Al-Miswar said, “The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Al-Qaswa has not become stubborn.'”
Narrated Anas: The she camel of the Prophet (ﷺ) was called Al-Adba.
Hadith Number 2872
Narrated Anas: The Prophet (ﷺ) had a she camel called Al Adba which could not be excelled in a race. (Humaid, a subnarrator said, “Or could hardly be excelled.”) Once a bedouin came riding a camel below six years of age which surpasses it (i.e. Al-`Adba’) in the race. The Muslims felt it so much that the Prophet (ﷺ) noticed their distress. He then said, “It is Allah’s Law that He brings down whatever rises high in the world.”