Reports on horses

Sayyiduna Suwayd bin Hubayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); in one narration the words are: He said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The best of a man's wealth is an obedient horse and a pollinated date palm."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. The narrators of Imam Ahmad are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Nothing was more beloved to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) than horses. Then Sayyiduna Ma'qil (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Allah, forgiveness is sought; camels and women as well (were beloved to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)).
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. The narrators of Imam Ahmad are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Goodness has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection."
Imam Ahmad and Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Atiyyah, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr, remember what I am about to tell you: a young goat that comes to a Muslim man is better for him than gold the size of Mount Uhud that he leaves behind him. O Abu Dharr, remember what I am telling you: those who have much will be those who have little on the Day of Resurrection, except the one who does this and this (that is, spends in the way of Allah). O Abu Dharr, remember what I am telling you: goodness has been placed in the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection (the narrator is unsure; perhaps the words are:) Indeed, goodness is in the forelock of the horse."
Imam Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Abu al-Aswad al-Ghifari, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Goodness has been tied to the forelock of the horse until the Day of Resurrection, and the example of one who spends on a horse is like one who holds (something) in his hand to give in charity." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is mentioned in the "Sahih" in abridged form: "The charity of spending."
Imam Abu Ya'la and Imam al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sheep are a blessing, camels are a source of honour for their owners, and in the forelocks of horses there is goodness until the Day of Resurrection. Your slave is your brother, so treat him well; and if you find that he is unable to manage a task, then help him."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, al-Hasan bin Umarah, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Goodness has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: In the "Sahih" this narration is reported from him: "Blessing is in the forelock of the horse."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Attab bin Harb, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Sawadah bin al-Rabi' (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he ordered that I be given camels. Then he said: "When you return to your family, tell them to trim their nails and not to wound the udders of their livestock (with long nails)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "Goodness has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection."
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Kabshah (may Allah be pleased with him), who was a Companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Goodness has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection; their owners are helped in looking after them, and the example of one who spends on them is like one who stretches out his hand to give in charity."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Goodness and blessing have been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection, and their owners are helped in looking after them. Put collars on them, but do not hang bowstrings on them."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah; there is weakness in him, and his hadith is hasan (good).
Imam Ahmad recorded it as a more complete narration than this, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy); it will come one chapter after this.

Sayyiduna Arib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Goodness and blessing have been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection; their owners are helped in looking after them, and the example of one who spends on them is like one who stretches out his hand to give in charity. Their urine and their dung, for their owners, will be of the musk of Paradise in the presence of Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna al-Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Goodness has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Abu Ziyad al-Taymi. Imam al-Dhahabi says: He is majhul (unknown).

It is reported from al-Hasan bin Abi al-Hasan that he said to Sayyiduna Ibn al-Hanzaliyyah (may Allah be pleased with him): Narrate to us a hadith that you heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Goodness has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection, and their owners are helped in looking after them. Whoever keeps a horse tethered in the way of Allah, spending on it is like one who stretches out his hand to give in charity and does not withdraw it."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it.

Sayyiduna Sawadah bin Rabi' al-Jarmi (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he ordered that I be given camels, and then he said: "Keep horses, for goodness has been tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it through Sulayman al-Jarmi from Sayyiduna Sawadah (may Allah be pleased with him). I do not know the narrator named Sulayman; the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a horse, which he gave as a gift to a man from the Ansar. He used to hear its neighing; then he found it missing, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the man: "What has become of your horse?" He said: O Messenger of Allah, I have castrated it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In the forelocks of horses there is goodness and spoils until the Day of Resurrection. Their forelocks are their source of warmth, and their tails are their fly-whisks."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Rashid bin Yahya al-Mari, whom Yahya bin Ma'in declared da'if (weak), while Ibn Hibban declared him thiqah (trustworthy) and said: He makes mistakes and contradicts (other narrators).

Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Horses are of three kinds: a horse for the Most Merciful, a horse for man, and a horse for Satan. As for the horse of the Most Merciful, it is the one kept in the way of Allah, upon which the enemies of Allah are fought. As for the horse of man, it is the one used for riding and on which loads are carried. As for the horse of Satan, it is the one on which wagers are made and gambling is done."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Maslamah bin Ali, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever keeps a horse tethered in the way of Allah, its fodder and its trace (that is, its hoofprints) will be in his scale on the Day of Resurrection."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, al-Harith, who is da'if (weak).