Hadith #20

Arabic Text

English Translation

Hishām ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn Muhājir — meaning the brother of ʿAmr ibn Muhājir — narrated to us, he said: ʿAqīl ibn Shabīb narrated to me, from Abū Wahb al-Jushamī رضي الله عنه who had companionship with the Prophet ﷺ. He said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Name yourselves with the names of the Prophet ﷺs. The most beloved of names to Allah عز وجل are ʿAbd Allāh and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. The most truthful are Ḥārith and Hammām. The ugliest are Ḥarb and Murrah. Keep horses, stroke their forelocks and their haunches — or he said: their rumps — and put halters on them, but do not put bowstrings on them. Choose every dark bay with a white blaze and white stockings, or a chestnut with a white blaze and white stockings, or a black with a white blaze and white stockings.' Abū al-Mughīrah narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn al-Muhājir narrated to us, ʿAqīl ibn Shabīb narrated to us, from Abū Wahb al-Kalāʿī who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said — and he mentioned the like of it. Muḥammad said: I do not know whether he began with the dark bay or the black. He said: They asked him why he favored the chestnut. He said, 'Because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an expedition, and the first to bring the news of victory was the rider of the chestnut.'