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abudawud:2547 – Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Salm > Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah > Kān

Abu Hurairah said “The Prophet ﷺ disapproved the shikal horses. Shikal are the horses that are white on their right hind leg and white on their left foreleg or white on their right foreleg and left hind leg. Abu Dawud said “This means alternate legs”.  

أبو داود:٢٥٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلْمٍ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَكْرَهُ الشِّكَالَ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ وَالشِّكَالُ يَكُونُ الْفَرَسُ فِي رِجْلِهِ الْيُمْنَى بَيَاضٌ وَفِي يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى بَيَاضٌ أَوْ فِي يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَفِي رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَىْ مُخَالِفٌ

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bayhaqi:12894 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān b. Saʿīd > Salm / Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to dislike horses with marks. A mark is when a horse has a white spot on its right leg and a white spot on its left hand or in its right hand and its left leg.  

البيهقي:١٢٨٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سَلْمٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَكْرَهُ الشِّكَالَ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ وَالشِّكَالُ يَكُونُ الْفَرَسُ فِي رِجْلِهِ الْيُمْنَى بَيَاضٌ وَفِي الْيَدِ الْيُسْرَى أَوْ فِي يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى وَفِي رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى  

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