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Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM
📖 1 min readعن ابن عمر «أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سَبَّقَ بين الخيل، وفَضَّلَ القُرَّحَ في الغاية».
This Hadīth illustrates the permissibility of holding horse races, and setting for them different distances to cover according to the variable degrees of horses in terms of their strength and endurance. Horses vary in stamina, so they should be given suitable distances.
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