Ruh bin Zinba’ says: I went to Sayyiduna Tamim Dari (may Allah be pleased with him), at that time he was the governor of Bayt al-Maqdis and he was removing the husks from barley and straw for his horse. I said: O Amir! Could you not find someone to do this work for you? He replied: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: “Whoever cleans barley for his horse in the way of Allah, then prepares it and hangs it with the horse, Allah Almighty writes for him a good deed for every grain of barley.”
Hadith Referenceمعجم صغير للطبراني / كتاب الجهاد / 553
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«إسناده صحيح ، وأخرجه ابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 2791، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 17229، 17230، والطبراني فى«الكبير» برقم: 1254، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 1133، والطبراني فى «الصغير» برقم: 14، وسعيد بن منصور فى «سننه» برقم: 2439»
´It was narrated that Tamim Ad-Dari said:` “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever ties a horse in the cause of Allah, then feeds it with his own hand, he will have one merit for every grain.’”
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues: The meaning of tying a horse is to keep and maintain a horse and to keep it prepared for jihad.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2791