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[Machine] I saw the Prophet ﷺ come to a sorrel horse in the market of the city, with my uncles following him. He touched its forehead with his fingers and said, "Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection."

الطبراني:١٤٥٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَا ثَنَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثَنَا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ عَائِذِ بْنِ نُصَيْبٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ الْبَارِقِيِّ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَتَى فَرَسًا شَقْرَاءَ فِي سُوقِ الْمَدِينَةِ مَعَ أَعْمَامِي بَادِي نَاصِيَتِهَا بِأُصْبُعَيْهِ وَقَالَ «الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»

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muslim:1872a – Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī And Ṣāliḥ b. Ḥātim b. Wardān > Yazīd > al-Jahḍamī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Yūnus b. ʿUbayd > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh

I saw that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was twisting the forelock of a horse with his fingers and he was saying: (A great) benefit. i. e. reward (for rearing them for Jihad) and spoils of war, has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Judgment.

مسلم:١٨٧٢a – وَحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ وَصَالِحُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ وَرْدَانَ جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَزِيدَ قَالَ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَلْوِي نَاصِيَةَ فَرَسٍ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ بِنَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الأَجْرُ وَالْغَنِيمَةُ

nasai:3572 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Yūnus > ʿAmr b. Saʿīd > Abū Zurʿah b. ʿAmr b. Jarīr > Jarīr

"I saw the Messenger of Allah twisting the forelock of a horse with his two fingers, and saying: 'Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection: Reward and spoils of war.'"

النسائي:٣٥٧٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَفْتِلُ نَاصِيَةَ فَرَسٍ بَيْنَ أُصْبُعَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الأَجْرُ وَالْغَنِيمَةُ