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ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ تَفْضِيلِ الْقُرَّحِ مِنَ الْخَيْلِ عَلَى غَيْرِهَا فِي الْغَايَةِ عِنْدَ السَّبَّاقِ

ibnhibban:4688Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > ʿUqbah b. Khālid > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ used to hold a race between horses and kept the one in the fifth year at a long distance. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2577)   

ابن حبّان:٤٦٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبَّقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ وَفَضَّلَ الْقُرَّحَ فِي الْغَايَةِ»  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī
abudawud:2577Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿUqbah b. Khālid > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ used to hold a race between horses and kept the one in the fifth year at a long distance.  

أبو داود:٢٥٧٧حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَبَّقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ وَفَضَّلَ الْقُرَّحَ فِي الْغَايَةِ  

ahmad:6466ʿUqbah Abū Masʿūd al-Mujaddar > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ used to hold a race between horses and kept the one in the fifth year at a long distance. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2577)   

أحمد:٦٤٦٦حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْمُجَدَّرُ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَبَّقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ وَفَضَّلَ الْقُرَّحَ فِي الْغَايَةِ  

tabarani:13363ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > ʿUqbah Abū Masʿūd al-Mujaddar > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ advanced between the horses and advanced the wound to the extreme.  

الطبراني:١٣٣٦٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْمُجَدَّرُ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَبَّقَ بَيْنَ الْخَيْلِ وَسَبَّقَ الْقُرَّحَ فِي الْغَايَةِ