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معجم صغير للطبراني
Mu'jam al-Saghir
كتاب الطلاقBook of Divorce
Description of gambling in horse racing
Hadith 511
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَوْسٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ الإِسْكَافُ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الأَزْرَقُ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "مَنْ أَدْخَلَ فَرَسًا بَيْنَ فَرَسَيْنِ وَهُوَ يَأْمَنُ أَنْ يَسْبِقَ فَهُوَ قِمَارٌ "، لَمْ يَرْوِهِ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، إِلا سَعِيدٌ ، وَلا عَنْهُ إِلا الْوَلِيدُ ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ هِشَامُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ
Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever adds a third horse to two horses, being certain that he will win, then that 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:
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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
