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Sahih Muslim 1871aصحيح مسلم 1871a
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْخَيْلُ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There will be great benefit in the forelock of the horses until the Day of judgment.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
يحيى بن يحيى بن بكر ← نافع ← عبد الله بن عمر
Yahya ibn Yahya ibn Bakr → Nafi' → Ibn `Umar