“Whoever enters a horse (in a race) between two other horses, not knowing whether it will win, that is not gambling. But whoever enters a horse (in race) between two other horses, certain that it will win, that is gambling.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2876)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ وَلَا يَأْمَنُ أَنْ يُسْبَقَ فَلَيْسَ بِقِمَارٍ وَمَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ وَقَدْ أَمِنَ أَنْ يُسْبَقَ فَهُوَ قِمَارٌ» تَابَعَهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ وَأَقَامَ إِسْنَادَهُ