It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of Badr we used to ride by turns, three people to one camel. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Lubabah (may Allah be pleased with him) were the companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (taking turns on the same camel). When it was the turn of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to walk, the two of them would say: You (peace and blessings be upon him) stay mounted and we will walk in your place. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "I am no less in need of the reward than you two, nor are you two stronger at walking than I am." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Kabshah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Goodness and blessing are tied to the forelocks of horses; their owners are given (unseen) help (in raising them); and the one who spends on them is like a person who stretches out his hand in charity." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it with this addition. There is also a supporting narration (shahid) for it regarding this addition.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn al-Hanzaliyyah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who spends on horses in the way of Allah is like a person who stretches out both his hands in charity and does not then draw them back (out of miserliness)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever keeps a horse in the way of Allah out of faith in Allah and affirming His promise, then that horse's eating its fill, its drinking its fill, its dung and its urine will all be in the scale of his deeds as good deeds on the Day of Resurrection." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every Arabian horse is granted permission every day to make two supplications. It says: 'Allahumma kama khawwaltani man khawwaltani, faj'alni min ahabbi malihi wa ahlihi ilayh' (O Allah, just as You have placed me in the ownership of this master, so make me the most beloved to him of his wealth and his family)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best horse is one that is deep black, with a white mark on its forehead, three white feet and a white lower lip, while its right foreleg is free (of whiteness). If such a black one is not available, then a reddish-black one (kumayt) with these same markings." This is a gharib (singular) sahih (authentic) hadith; the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) used all of its narrators as evidence, but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you intend to go on a military expedition, buy a horse that is deep black, with a bright forehead and white feet, but with its right foreleg free (of whiteness); you will surely gain spoils and remain safe as well." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Soon trials will cover you like pieces of a dark night (black and terrifying). The one who will be saved from these trials is a man who has secluded himself on the top of a high mountain, living on the milk of his goats, or a man at the frontiers holding the reins of his horse, standing firm before the enemy and eating from the provision gained by his sword (the spoils of war)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever is pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion and with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as Messenger, Paradise becomes obligatory for him." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: (Hearing this) I praised Allah, said the takbir and was very happy. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And there is another deed by which Allah Almighty raises the rank of the servant in Paradise by one hundred degrees, and between every two degrees is a distance like that between the heaven and the earth, or (he (peace and blessings be upon him) said) greater than the distance between the heaven and the earth." I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is that deed? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jihad in the way of Allah, jihad in the way of Allah." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Burdah bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him), the brother of Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made this supplication: 'Allahumma ij'al fana'a ummati qatlan fi sabilika bit-ta'ni wat-ta'un' (O Allah, decree the end of my Ummah to be martyrdom in Your way, through the wounds of spears (on the battlefield) and the plague). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.