Sahih al-Bukhari 2371

Hadith text

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Keeping horses may be a source of reward to some (man), a shelter to another (i.e. means of earning one's living), or a burden to a third. He to whom the horse will be a source of reward is the one who keeps it in Allah's Cause (prepare it for holy battles) and ties it by a long rope in a pasture (or a garden). He will get a reward equal to what its long rope allows it to eat in the pasture or the garden, and if that horse breaks its rope and crosses one or two hills, then all its footsteps and its dung will be counted as good deeds for its owner; and if it passes by a river and drinks from it, then that will also be regarded as a good deed for its owner even if he has had no intention of watering it then. Horses are a shelter from poverty to the second person who keeps horses for earning his living so as not to ask others, and at the same time he gives Allah's right (i.e. Zak`at) (from the wealth he earns through using them in trading etc.,) and does not overburden them. He who keeps horses just out of pride and for showing off and as a means of harming the Muslims, his horses will be a source of sins to him." When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about donkeys, he replied, "Nothing particular was revealed to me regarding them except the general unique verse which is applicable to everything: "Whoever does goodness equal to the weight of an atom (or small ant) shall see it (its reward) on the Day of Resurrection

Abu Huraira (رضی اللہ عنہ) bataate hain: Allah ke Rasool ne farmaya: "Ghode paalna kisi ke liye ajr ka zariya ho sakta hai, kisi doosre ke liye rozi ka zariya, aur teesre ke liye ek bojh. Woh shaks jiske liye ghoda ajr ka zariya hoga, woh hai jo use Allah ki raah mein palta hai (Jihad ke liye taiyaar karta hai) aur ek lambi rassi se ek charagaah (ya baag) mein baandhta hai. Use woh utna ajr milega jitna uski rassi ki lambaee se woh charagaah ya baag mein kha sakta hai, aur agar woh ghoda apni rassi todkar ek ya do tibbe paar kar jaaye, to uske sab kadam aur uski lad uske maalik ke liye neik amal mane jaayenge; aur agar woh kisi nadi ke paas se guzre aur usme se pi le, to yeh bhi maalik ke liye ek neik amal maana jaayega chahe use us waqt use paani pilane ki niyyat na thi. Ghode gareebi se panah hain doosre shaks ke liye jo apni rozi kamane ke liye ghode rakhta hai taake use doosron se maangna na pade, aur usi waqt Allah ka haqq (yaani Zakat) (us daulat se jo woh unse tijarat waghera mein kamata hai) ada karta hai aur unpar zyada bojh nahi daalta. Woh shaks jo ghode sirf ghamand aur dikhaave ke liye rakhta hai aur Musalmanon ko nuqsaan pahunchane ke liye, uske ghode uske liye gunah ka zariya honge." Jab Allah ke Rasool se gadhon ke baare mein pucha gaya, unhone jawab diya: "Mujh par unke baare mein khaas kuch nazil nahi hua siwaye us aam, benazir ayat ke jo har cheez par lagu hoti hai: 'Jo bhi zare-baraabar neki karega, use (uska ajr) Qiyamat ke din dikhaee dega.'"

Sahih al-Bukhari 2371 · Book 42, Hadith 19