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.
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 صلى الله عليه وسلم يَلْوِي نَاصِيَةَ فَرَسٍ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ
الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ بِنَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ الأَجْرُ وَالْغَنِيمَةُ
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Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Nasr bin 'Ali bin Nasr bin 'Ali (young)d. 250 AH or after
- 2Yazid bin Zari'al-Basra · d. 182 AH
- 3Yazid bin Zari'al-Basra · d. 182 AH
- 4Yonus bin 'Ubaid bin Dinaral-Basra · d. 139 AH
- 5'Amr bin Sa'id bin al-AsMedina · d. ~70 AH
- 6Abu Zara' bin 'Amr /Harmal-Kufa
- 7Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-BajliMedina/Kufa · d. ~51 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 33, Hadith 143
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 20, Hadith 4614 (deprecated numbering scheme)