The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 2028 (#Ḥadīth #1)

1- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ تَحْضُرُهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ إِلا الرِّهَانُ وَمُلاعَبَةُ الرَّجُلِ أَهْلَهُ.

1. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Ahmad ibn Ishaq from Sa’dan ibn Muslim from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah , has said, ‘No other thing is attended by the angel as horse racing is and a man’s playing with his wife.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).