Volume 4, Book 52, Number 106:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abi Qatada:
(from his father) Abu Qatada went out (on a journey) with Allah’s Apostle 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 took and ate it.
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 122:
Narrated Abu Ishaq from Musa bin ‘Uqba from Mafia from Ibn ‘Umar who said:
“Allah’s Apostle 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 ar –
ranged a race of the horses which had not been made lean sending them from Thaniyat-al-Wada’,
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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.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 107:
Narrated Sahl:
In our garden there was a horse belonging to the Prophet called Al-Luhaif or Al-Lakhif.
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 108:
Narrated Mu’adh:
I was a companion rider of the Prophet on a donkey called ‘Ufair. The Prophet 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 Apostle! Should I not in –
form the people of this good news?” He said, “Do not inform them of it, lest they should depend on it
(absolutely).”
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Volume 4, Book 52, Number 109:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once there was a feeling of fright in Medina, so the Prophet borrowed a horse belonging to us
called Mandub (and he rode away on it). (When the Prophet returned) he said, “I have not seen any –
thing of fright and I found it (i.e. this horse) very fast.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 110:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
I heard the Prophet saying. “Evil omen is in three things: The horse, the woman and the house.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 111:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad Saidi:
Allah’s Apostle said “If there is any evil omen in anything, then it is in the woman, the horse and
the house.”
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 112:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle 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 Apostle
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)