Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ أَنْبَأَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الرُّكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْخَيْلُ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَفَرَسٌ لِلرَّحْمَنِ وَفَرَسٌ لِلْإِنْسَانِ وَفَرَسٌ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فَأَمَّا فَرَسُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَالَّذِي يُرْبَطُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَعَلَفُهُ وَرَوْثُهُ وَبَوْلُهُ وَذَكَرَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَأَمَّا فَرَسُ الشَّيْطَانِ فَالَّذِي يُقَامَرُ أَوْ يُرَاهَنُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَمَّا فَرَسُ الْإِنْسَانِ فَالْفَرَسُ يَرْتَبِطُهَا الْإِنْسَانُ يَلْتَمِسُ بَطْنَهَا فَهِيَ تَسْتُرُ مِنْ فَقْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الرُّكَيْنُ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْخَيْلُ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.
English Translation
Al-Hajjaj told us, Sharik informed us, from al-Rukayn ibn al-Rabi', from al-Qasim ibn Hassan, from Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Horses are of three kinds: a horse for the Merciful, a horse for man, and a horse for Satan. As for the horse of the Merciful, it is the one tethered in the path of Allah - its fodder, its dung, and its urine [count as good deeds] - and he mentioned what Allah willed. As for the horse of Satan, it is the one gambled or wagered upon. As for the horse of man, it is the horse a man keeps, seeking benefit from its offspring/produce, and it shields him from poverty." Mu'awiyah ibn Amr told us, Za'idah told us, al-Rukayn told us, from Abu Amr al-Shaybani, from a man among the Ansar, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Horses are of three kinds," and he related the rest of the hadith.