# Sunan Abi Dawud - Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

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**2 hadith**

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## Hadith #2544

**Book:** Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ahmed al-Mu'dab الحسين بن محمد بن بهرام - أبو علي المؤدب, ibn Abbas, Shayban bin 'Abdur Rahman شيبان بن عبد الرحمن النحوي أبو معاوية, Yahya bin Ma'in يحيى بن معين | **Grade:** Da'if

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Keep to every sorrel horse with a white blaze and white on the legs, or dark bay with a white blaze. He then  mentioned something similar. Muhammad ibn al-Muhajir said: I asked him: Why was a sorrel horse preferred? He replied: Because the Prophet (ﷺ) had sent a contingent, and the man who first brought the news of victory was the rider of a sorrel horse.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-2544/)*

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## Hadith #4858

**Book:** General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) | **Narrator(s):** Abu Ahmed al-Mu'dab الحسين بن محمد بن بهرام - أبو علي المؤدب, al-Walid bin Abi Hisham الوليد بن أبي هشام زياد, al-Walid bin Muslim al-Quraishi الوليد بن مسلم القرشي, ibn Mas'ud, Isra'il bin Yonus bin Abi Ishaq إسرائيل بن يونس بن أبي إسحاق, Muhammad bin Yahya bin Faris al-Dhahli محمد بن يحيى بن فارس الذهلي, Muhammad bin Yusuf al-Faryabi محمد بن يوسف الفريابي, Zayd bin Za'id'h زيد بن زائدة ويقال, Zuhayr bin Harb زهير بن حرب بن شداد أبو خثيمة | **Grade:** Sahih

A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-4858/)*

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