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ahmad:17638 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > Thawr b. Yazīd > Naṣr > a man > ʿUtbah b. ʿAbd al-Sulamī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the trimming of horse's tails, their feathers, and their forelocks. He said, "Their tails are their fly whisks, their feathers are their armor, and their forelocks are tied with blessings until the Day of Judgment."  

أحمد:١٧٦٣٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ نَصْرٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ نَتْفِ أَذْنَابِ الْخَيْلِ وَأَعْرَافِهَا وَنَوَاصِيهَا وَقَالَ أَذْنَابُهَا مَذَابُّهَا وَأَعْرَافُهَا إِدْفَاؤُهَا وَنَوَاصِيهَا مَعْقُودٌ بِهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ  

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
abudawud:2542 – [Chain 1] Abū Tawbah > al-Haytham b. Ḥumayd [Chain 2] Khushaysh b. Aṣram > Abū ʿĀṣim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Naṣr al-Kinānī > a manwaqāl Abū Tawbah > Thawr b. Yazīd > Shaykh from Banī Sulaym > ʿUtbah b. ʿAbd al-Sulamī And Hadhā Lafẓuh

Utbah heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Do not cut the forelocks, manes, or tails of horse, for their tails are their means of driving flies, their manes provide them with warmth, and blessing is tide to their forelocks.  

أبو داود:٢٥٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا خُشَيْشُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ نَصْرٍ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍوَقَالَ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيِّ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَقُصُّوا نَوَاصِيَ الْخَيْلِ وَلاَ مَعَارِفَهَا وَلاَ أَذْنَابَهَا فَإِنَّ أَذْنَابَهَا مَذَابُّهَا وَمَعَارِفَهَا دِفَاؤُهَا وَنَوَاصِيهَا مَعْقُودٌ فِيهَا الْخَيْرُ  

ahmad:17640 – ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Thawr b. Yazīd > Naṣrʿan a man from Banī Sulaym > ʿUtbah b. ʿAbd al-Sulamī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ forbade cutting off the forelocks of horses, cutting off their tails, and cutting off their manes. He said, "As for their tails, they are their flies swatters. As for their forelocks, they are their beauty. And as for their manes, they are where goodness is tied."  

أحمد:١٧٦٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنِي ثَوْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ نَصْرٍعَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيِّ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ جَزِّ أَعْرَافِ الْخَيْلِ وَنَتْفِ أَذْنَابِهَا وَجَزِّ نَوَاصِيهَا وَقَالَ أَمَّا أَذْنَابُهَا فَإِنَّهَا مَذَابُّهَا وَأَمَّا أَعْرَافُهَا فَإِنَّهَا إِدْفَاؤُهَا وَأَمَّا نَوَاصِيهَا فَإِنَّ الْخَيْرَ مَعْقُودٌ فِيهَا  

bayhaqi:12903 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Abū Tawbah > al-Haytham b. Ḥumayd [Chain 2] Khushaysh b. Aṣram > Abū ʿĀṣim > Thawr b. Yazīd > Naṣr al-Kinānī > a man > Abū Tawbah > Thawr b. Yazīd > Shaykh from Banī Sulaym > ʿUtbah b. ʿAbd al-Sulamī And Hadhā Lafẓuh

Utbah heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Do not cut the forelocks, manes, or tails of horse, for their tails are their means of driving flies, their manes provide them with warmth, and blessing is tide to their forelocks. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2542)   

البيهقي:١٢٩٠٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ ح قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا خُشَيْشُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ نَصْرٍ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ وَقَالَ أَبُو تَوْبَةَ عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ شَيْخٍ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيِّ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَا تَقُصُّوا نَوَاصِيَ الْخَيْلِ وَلَا مَعَارِفَهَا وَلَا أَذْنَابَهَا؛ فَإِنَّ أَذْنَابَهَا مَذَابُّهَا وَمَعَارِفَهَا دِفَاؤُهَا وَنَوَاصِيَهَا مَعْقُودٌ فِيهَا الْخَيْرُ  

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" نَهَى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ عَنْ جَزّ ذِنَابِ الخَيلِ وَأعْرَافِهَا وَنَواصِيهَا، وَقَالَ: أَمَّا أَعرَافُهَا فَإِنَّها أَدْفَاؤُهَا، وَأَمَّا أَذْنَابُهُا فَإِنَّهَا مَذَابُهَا، وَأَمَّا نَوَاصِيهَا فَإنَّ الْخَيْر مَعْقُودُ فِى نَواصِيهَا".  

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