English translation
2583. It was reported from Qatādah, from Anas who said: "The hand guard on the sword of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was made from silver." (Sahih) explained Al-Jalab (Ma'alam As-Sunan): "This is explained as; that the horse should not be yelled at during the race, nor goaded by any kind of goading to make it run faster. It is only required that their riders prod them by moving the bridle and pulling the reins, and prodding them on with the whip and spurs, and similar to that, without yelling at them with the voice. And it has been said that its meaning is that people congregate, lining up, standing along the two sides, and yelling, so they were prohibited from that. As for Al-Janab, it is said that they would have a horse run alongside, until when they were near the finish, they would alternate from the mount which had fatigued, mounting the horse that was not ridden yet. So that was prohibited." In An-Nihāyah Ibn Al-Athīr said about Al-Jalab: "It is that a man follows behind his horse encouraging it, yelling and screaming at it, to goad it to continue, so that was prohibited." And about Al-Janab, he said similar to Al-Khaṭṭābī.