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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 9356

وَعَنْ أَبِي لَبِيدٍ لِمَازَةَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ : أُرْسِلَتِ الْخَيْلُ زَمَنَ الْحَجَّاجِ وَالْحَكَمُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ أَمِيرٌ عَلَى الْبَصْرَةِ فَقُلْنَا : لَوْ أَتَيْنَا الرِّهَانَ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا : لَوْ مِلْنَا إِلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ : هَلْ كُنْتُمْ تُرَاهِنُونَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ؟ قَالَ : فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ ، لَقَدْ رَاهَنَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ : سُبْحَةُ فَسَبَقَ النَّاسَ فَهَشَّ لِذَلِكَ وَأَعْجَبَهُ .
رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْأَوْسَطِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : فَأَتَيْنَاهُ وَهُوَ فِي قَصْرِهِ بِالزَّاوِيَةِ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ : يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ أَكُنْتُمْ تُرَاهِنُونَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - ؟ أَوَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يُرَاهِنُ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَاهَنَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ سُبْحَةُ : فَسَبَقَ النَّاسَ فَهَشَّ لِذَلِكَ وَأَعْجَبَهُ .
وَرِجَالُ أَحْمَدَ ثِقَاتٌ .
Abu Labid Limazah bin Ziyad says: In the time of al-Hajjaj, horses were sent out (for a race), and al-Hakam bin Ayyub was the governor of Basrah in those days. We said: What if we went to the race? So we went there. Then we thought: We should first go to Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and ask him whether you people used to hold horse races in the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator says: We asked him, and he said: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took part in a race on a horse called Subhah; it got ahead of the people, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was delighted by that and was pleased with it.
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded it, but he reported these words: We came to Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was in his palace at al-Zawiyah, and we asked him: O Abu Hamzah, did you people take part in horse races in the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Or did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) take part in horse races? He replied: Yes. By Allah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took part in a race on a horse called "Subhah"; he got ahead of the people, and he liked that and was pleased with it. The narrators of Imam Ahmad are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجهاد / 9356
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