Sahih Muslim — hadith #4701–#4725
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It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. 'Umar who said: We used to take oath to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that we would listen to and obey his orders. He would tell us (to say in the oath): As far as it lies in my power.
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) inspected me on the battlefield on the Day of Uhud, and I was fourteen years old. He did not allow me (to take part in the fight). He inspected me on the Day of Khandaq-and I was fifteen yearsold, and he permitted me (to fight), Nafi' said: I came to 'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz who was then Caliph, and narrated this tradition to him. He said: Surely, this is the demarcation between a minor and a major. So he wrote to his governors that they should pay subsistence allowance to one who was fifteen years old, but should treat those of lesser age among children.
This tradition has been handed down through a different chain Of transmitters with the following change in the wording: " I was fourteen years old and he thought me too young (to participate in the fight)."
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that one should travel to the land of the enemy taking the Qur'an with him.
It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to forbid that one should travel to the land of the enemy taking the Qur'an (with him) lest it should fall into the hands of the enemy.
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not take the Qur'an on a journey with you, for I am afraid lost it should fall into the hands of the enemy. Ayyub (one of the narrators in the chain of transmitters) said: The enemy may seize it and may quarrel with you over it.
The above hadith has been narrated through several other chains with slight differences of wording.
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had a race of the horses which had been especially prepared for the purpose from Hafya' to Thaniyyat al-Wada' (the latter being the winning post), and of those which had not been trained from Thaniyya to the mosque of Banu Zuraiq, and Ibn Umar was among those who took part in this race.
This tradition has been handed down through several other chains of transmitters. One of the chaines has the addition of the following words from Abdullah b. 'Umar: " I came first in the race and my horse jumped into the mosque with me."
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There will be great benefit in the forelock of the horses until the Day of judgment.
The same tradition has been handed down through a different chain of transmitters.
It has been narrated on the authority of Jarir b. Abdullah who said: 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.
The above tradition has also been narrated on the authority of Yunus through a different chain of transmitters.
The same tradition has been narrated on the authority of Urwat al-Bariqi who said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Great good is attached to the forelock of the horses until the Day of Judgment.
'Urwat al-Bariqi reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said this: Good is tied to the forelock of the horses. It Was said to him: Messenger of Allah, why is it so? He (the Prophet said): For reward and booty until the Day of Judgment.
This hadith has been narrated with the same chain of transmitters with the difference that here instead of" Urwat al-Bariqi" there is" Urwa b. ja'd."
A version of the tradition narrated on the authority of 'Urwat al-Bariqi does not mention (the words): " reward and booty".
A version of the tradition transmitted on the authority of 'Urwa b. al-ja'd does not mention" reward and booty".
It has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There is a blessing in the forelocks of the war horses.
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.
It has been narrated on the authority of Abn Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to dislike the Shikal horse.
This tradition has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan with the addition from Abd ar-Razzaq (one of the narrators) explaining the meaning of shikal as a bone whose right back foot and left front foot or left back foot and right front foot are white.
The tradition has been handed down through a different chain of transmitters.
It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace upon him) said: Allah has undertaken to look after the affairs of one who goes out to fight in His way believing in Him and affirming the truth of His Apostles. He is committed to His care that Re will either admit him to Paradise or bring him back to his home from where he set out with a reward or (his share of) booty. By the Being in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad. If a person gets wounded in the way of Allah, he will come on the Day of Judgment with his wound in the same condition as it was when it was first inflicted; its colour being the colour of blood but its smell will be the smell of musk. By, the Being in Whose Hand is Muhammad's life, if it were not to be too hard upon the Muslime. I would not lag behind any expedition which is going to fight in the cause of Allah. But I do not have abundant means to provide them (the Mujahids) with riding beasts, nor have they (i. e. all of them) abundant means (to provide themselves with all the means of Jihad) so that they could he left behind. By the Being in Whose Hand is Muhammad's life, I love to fight in the way of Allah and be killed, to fight and again be killed and to fight again and be killed.
The same tradition has been melted through another chain of transmitters.