It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“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.”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
مَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ وَهُوَ لاَ يَأْمَنُ أَنْ يَسْبِقَ فَلَيْسَ بِقِمَارٍ وَمَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ وَهُوَ يَأْمَنُ أَنْ يَسْبِقَ فَهُوَ قِمَارٌ
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Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Muhammad bin Yahya bin HibanMedina · d. 121 AH
- 3Yazid bin Harunal-Wasit · d. 206 AH
- 4Sufyan bin Hussain bin al-Hasanal-Wasit,al-Ray · d. ~150 AH
- 5al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
- 6Sa'id ibn al-MusayyibMedinah · d. 94 AH/715 CE
- 7Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 24, Hadith 124
- English Reference
- Vol. 4, Book 24, Hadith 2876