Mahmoud Muhammad wrote:
The Arabs were known for their love for horses and taking care of them like their children and friends, and they called them the most beautiful and brilliant names, and they wrote many verses of poetry in praise of them, and they used to congratulate each other on the birth of a new horse or the arrival of a newborn. As one of the sons of the Arabs, the Prophet Muhammad acquired a number of purebred Arabian horses for his love, as they bore several names, as mentioned in the authentic hadith:
I saw the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, twisting the forelock of a horse with his finger, saying: (The horse is knotted with its wills, the good until the Day of Resurrection: the reward and the spoil) “Sahih Muslim.”
The narrators differed about the number of horses the prophet bought, but it is certain of them that were named by the following names:
Al-sakb: in Arabic it means fast running.
Al-Mortazaj: It was named by this name because of his loudness.
Lazaz: The reason for its name is due to its severity.
Al-Luhaif: He was long and covered in the ground.
Subha: He used to extend the hands while running.
Antelope: meaning the small mountain, and it was named by that name in analogy to the mountain because of its strength.
About the horses of the Prophet Muhammad
The first horse that the Messenger acquired was called the sake. Ibn Saad said that the Prophet bought it for ten leaves and its name was the molar, so the Prophet Muhammad called it “al-sakb” because it was light running like an overflow of water and its flow. As it was stated in the Sahih al-Bukhari book: that the Prophet was given to him a horse called al-Luhaif from a person named Rabi’ah ibn Abi al-Bara, and elsewhere it was. mentioned that Lahif is a gift from a buttonhole from Amr to the Messenger of God.
Among the horses that the Messenger acquired was a “Subha,” which is a beautiful mare that he bought from a man for ten camels, and after a while he gave them to the great companion Jaafar bin Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him on the day of Mu’ta. It is a gift. Al-Muqawqus, the ruler of Alexandria, Maria the Coptic, gave him a horse named “Lazaz,” and he also bought a “al-Mortazj”.
These lines show that the Messenger bought some of his horses, and others were donated to him from several men who lived in his time – may God bless him and grant him peace – so that it can be said that the number of the Messenger’s agreed upon horses is six.
Among the horses of the Noble Messenger who was contested was that it was mentioned in the texts: that the number of the horses of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, was more than six. On the authority of Ibn Khalawiyyah, he said: (The Messenger had from the horses: rosary, loaf, lazy, ark, sak, dhul-lama, al-sarhan, improvised, adham and retired), While he mentioned in another place the following names: “Mawah, the rose and the dragonfly,” so that it became clear that the horses were in dispute:
Dhu al-lamah: is the hair of the head that covers and bypasses the earlobe
Sarhan: meaning the wolf
Al-mortagel: meaning the one who ignites the fire with his ulna
Adham: the black
Al-yaasoup: the male bee and the leader of the hive.
