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1636. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The forelocks of horses contain good until the Day of Judgement. The horse is for three (purposes): It is for one man a reward, and it is for one man a shelter (from poverty), and it is for one man a burden. As for the one whom it is a reward for, it is the one who acquires it for the cause of Allāh and then prepares it for that; it is for him a reward, nothing disappears into its stomach except that Allāh writes it for him as a reward." [And there is a story in the Hadīth.] (Ṣaḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh. Mālik bin Anas narrated similar to this Hadīth from Zaid bin Aslam from Abū Ṣāliḥ from Abu Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ.
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The whiteness of the hair, shall illuminate the path of Paradise amidst the enveloping darkness of the Doomsday.
The Hadīth promises in no uncertain terms that horses shall continue to be used for Jihād until the Last Day and shall be a means of reward for the believers from Allāh in the Hereafter as well as the spoils of war in this world. The narration of the Hadīth as quoted in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, also mentions the three purposes connected with the horses and the three kinds of men who will keep them as referred to in the Hadīth. It also narrates a story related to them. (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi: v.3, p.6. Also see notes and comments on the Hadīth given in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim).
