Racing, wagering and what is permitted in it

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Competition (for a prize) is only in camel (racing), horse (racing) or archery (marksmanship)."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Harun al-Qarawi, who is da'if (weak) on account of this hadith and other narrations.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to line up the sons of Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Kathir (may Allah be pleased with him), and then he would say: "Whoever reaches me first will get such and such." The narrator says: So they would race towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and fall upon his back and his chest, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would kiss them and hug them to himself.
Imam Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Yazid bin Abi Ziyad, in whom there is weakness and softness. Imam Abu Dawud says: I do not know anyone who abandoned his hadith, though another narrator would be more preferable to me than him. Imam Muslim recorded a narration from him coupled (maqrun) with another narrator, and Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded from him as a ta'liq (without a connected chain). The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Kathir bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to gather us: there would be me, Abdullah, Ubaydullah and Qutham. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would spread out both his hands like this, and then he would say: "Whoever reaches me first will get such and such."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, al-Sabbah bin Yahya, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held a race between horses; he set a prize between them and appointed a muhallil among them, and he said: "Competition (for a prize) is only in horse racing or archery." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Part of it is reported in the "Sahih."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held a race between horses and set a stake for it. (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is mentioned in the "Sahih," however these words are not in it: "and set a stake."
Imam Ahmad recorded it with two chains, the narrators of one of which are thiqat (trustworthy).

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).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) trained horses and then held a race between them. He saw me riding a camel and said: "O Jabir, you keep putting it to hardship." What the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant was: You keep beating it.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Sulayman bin Mashmul, who is da'if (weak).

It is reported about Sayyiduna Urwah bin Mudarris (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was driving his horse in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Blessed is Allah Almighty, Who made their hooves and their lower parts in this way."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains a narrator, Jabir al-Ju'fi, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Ismah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mounted a horse and made it run. When he came back to us, he said: "We have found it to be a sea."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, al-Fadl bin al-Mukhtar, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) says: One day we were in Madinah when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us riding a horse. Then he went off until he disappeared from our sight. Then he came back, the horse running swiftly, either because he was urging it on or because it was running fast by itself. It passed by a tree, a bird flew up from that tree, the horse stumbled, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell from it onto hard ground. We hurried to him; he was sitting, and both his knees, the heads of both his hip bones, his shoulders and his face had been injured, and the skin had come off his face. We sat around him and began to weep.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, al-Abbas bin al-Fadl al-Ansari, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had horses trained and fixed a specific time for their training. Then he said: "On such and such a day, at such and such a place (their race will be held)." And for the horses that had not been trained, the limit of their race was shorter than that.
Imam al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Salih bin Hibban, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Iyad al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Who will race with me? A young man replied: I will, if you will not be angry. The narrator says: Then he outran him. The narrator says: I saw the hair of Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) flying while he was behind him on the bare back of a horse.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Abu Balj says: I saw Sayyiduna Lubay bin Laba al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and had lived in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). His horse won a race, and he had put a woollen sheet over it. And I saw that he was wearing woollen and marked garments.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).