I have resolved to buy two purebred Arabian horses, as I have the financial means to do so, and because I have read some hadiths about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)

The questioner : The honorable Shaykh saysThe questioner : I have resolved to buy two purebred Arabian horses, as I have the financial means to do so, and because I have read some hadiths about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I do not know how authentic they are regarding the virtue of this, but they encourage, meaning the hadiths encourage, raising horses and the good and blessing therein. One of my brothers told me: It is not permissible because it involves play and squandering money, and the hadiths mentioned in this regard are not authentic. So clarify for me the truth in this matter, may Allah reward you with good?

The Shaykh : The hadiths regarding horses and their raising are all authentic in al-Bukhari and Muslim and others. Among them is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): So they are good and a blessing. But I ask this man who bought two horses, I ask him to practice riding them and racing them so that he benefits from buying them. Yes, that is right.