On the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There is no prize except in an arrow, a hoof, or a cloven hoof."(1)

3587 - Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub informed us, saying: Ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us, saying: al-Layth informed us, on the authority of Ibn Abi Ja'far, on the authority of Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, on the authority of Sulayman ibn Yasar, on the authority of Abu 'Abd Allah, the freed slave of the Jundu'iyyin, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: "A prize is not lawful except upon a cloven hoof or a hoof."(2)

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(1) A hasan hadith. Sufyan: he is Ibn 'Uyaynah, and it is in al-Sunan al-Kubra under number (4411), and the discussion on it has preceded in the hadith before it. See also hadiths (3587) and (3589).

(2) A hasan hadith, and its being mauquf (stopped at a Companion) does no harm, for it has been narrated as marfu' (raised to the Prophet) as preceded before it. Abu 'Abd Allah, the freed slave of the Jundu'iyyin: al-Mizzi did not mention in his Tahdhib any narrator from him other than Sulayman ibn Yasar, and he quoted al-Dhuhli as saying: "This Abu 'Abd Allah is Nafi' ibn Abi Nafi'..." Then he said: And al-Hakim said: Some said: "From Abu Salih, the freed slave of the Jundu'iyyin." End quote. However, al-Bukhari cited this narration of Abu 'Abd Allah in al-Tarikh al-Kabir 4/277 in the biography of Salih, the freed slave of the Khibdha'iyyin (thus with kha' and dhal), and he also mentioned in al-Kuna 9/48 Abu 'Abd Allah, and cited in his biography the narration of Salih, the freed slave of the Jundu'iyyin. And Allah knows best. The narration of Nafi' ibn Abi Nafi' of this hadith has preceded under number (3585), and the discussion on it has preceded there. The rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Ibn Abi Maryam: he is Sa'id ibn al-Hakam ibn Muhammad. Al-Layth: he is Ibn Sa'd. Ibn Abi Ja'far: he is 'Ubayd Allah. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman: he is Ibn Nawfal, Abu al-Aswad. The hadith is in al-Sunan al-Kubra under number (4412).

There is disagreement concerning its chain of transmission, and it has also been narrated as marfu' (raised to the Prophet):
Al-Tahawi transmitted it in Sharh Mushkil al-Athar (1886) from 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mughirah, from Ibn Abi Maryam, through him, as marfu'.
Al-Bukhari also transmitted it in al-Tarikh al-Kabir 9/48, al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (110), and al-Tahawi in Sharh Mushkil al-Athar (1886) through multiple chains from al-Layth ibn Sa'd, through him, as marfu'.
Al-Bukhari cited it in mu'allaq form in al-Tarikh in the two places previously mentioned (4/277 and 9/48) from Ibn Bukayr, from al-Layth, from Ibn Abi Ja'far, from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, from Abu 'Abd Allah, through him, =