The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 95 (#Ḥadīth #14)

14- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ لا سَبَقَ إِلا فِي خُفٍّ أَوْ حَافِرٍ أَوْ نَصْلٍ يَعْنِي النِّضَالَ.

14. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘Contest is permissible only in racing animals with Khuf (feet like camel) or Hafir (with feet like horses and the like) and in sharp-shooting.”

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