Narrated Utbah ibn AbdusSulami: Utbah heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Do not cut the forelocks, manes, or tails of horse, for their tails are their means of driving flies, their manes provide them with warmth, and blessing is tide to their forelocks.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
When religious instructions are established regarding certain customary practices, those practices are no longer considered ordinary customs and habits, but rather become matters of Islamic law.
The importance of such matters is evident.
Among them is also the issue of training horses.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2542