سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب فِي الْمُحَلِّلِChapter: Regarding Al-Muhallil (Entering A Third Horse In A Race With Two Other Horses For A Stake).
Hadith 2579
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الْمَعْنَى ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " مَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ يَعْنِي وَهُوَ لَا يُؤْمَنُ أَنْ يَسْبِقَ فَلَيْسَ بِقِمَارٍ ، وَمَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ وَقَدْ أُمِنَ أَنْ يَسْبِقَ فَهُوَ قِمَارٌ " .
Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet ﷺ said: If one enters a horse with two others when he is not certain that it cannot be beaten, it is not gambling; but when one enters a horse with two others when he is certain it cannot be beaten, it is gambling.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
In order to understand the ahadith of this chapter, a few matters should be known:
➊
If the commander of the mujahideen or any other person arranges a race or similar competition between two horsemen and gives a prize or reward to the winner, then this is permissible.
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However, if two individuals (or parties) mutually agree that the loser will give such-and-such prize to the winner, then this is gambling and is impermissible.
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If a third party joins these two competitors, whose winning or losing is not certain, but due to being equal in ability to them, any outcome is possible—such that if he wins, both of them will give him a prize, and if he loses, nothing is required of him—then this situation is permissible.
Since his joining the two makes their giving and receiving of prizes permissible, he is called a muhallil.
Muhallil means: one who makes (the transaction) lawful (from gambling).
In order to understand the ahadith of this chapter, a few matters should be known:
➊
If the commander of the mujahideen or any other person arranges a race or similar competition between two horsemen and gives a prize or reward to the winner, then this is permissible.
➋
However, if two individuals (or parties) mutually agree that the loser will give such-and-such prize to the winner, then this is gambling and is impermissible.
➌
If a third party joins these two competitors, whose winning or losing is not certain, but due to being equal in ability to them, any outcome is possible—such that if he wins, both of them will give him a prize, and if he loses, nothing is required of him—then this situation is permissible.
Since his joining the two makes their giving and receiving of prizes permissible, he is called a muhallil.
Muhallil means: one who makes (the transaction) lawful (from gambling).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2579
