33/26. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1871b — Same Report on Horse Goodness
The virtue of horses; "Goodness is tied to their Forelocks."
Same Hadith About Goodness in the Forelocks of Horses
Sahih Muslim : 1871b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1871b
وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُ، رُمْحٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح، وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ، اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أُسَامَةُ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ .
The same tradition has been handed down through a different chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1871bIn-book reference : Book 33, Hadith 142USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 20, Hadith 4613
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1871b
This narration does not bring a new wording of its own; it states that the same tradition came through a different chain of transmitters. The core teaching remains the hadith about horses: goodness is in their forelocks until the Day of Judgment. That matters because the focus stays on the repeated prophetic statement, not on a new story or separate ruling. For someone searching goodness in forelocks of horses hadith, horses in Islam, or Sahih Muslim horse hadith, this entry points back to the same short message. It also shows how a hadith may be carried through more than one route while preserving the same meaning. The content here should be read as support for the same wording, not as a separate event.
What we learn from this hadith
- This report carries the same meaning through another chain.
- The main teaching remains the lasting good linked to horse forelocks.
- No extra ruling or story should be added from this version alone.
- Multiple chains can preserve the same concise prophetic statement.
