Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #1264
Betting and similar pastimes
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَعْنٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْهُدَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اقْتَمَرَا عَلَى دِيكَيْنِ عَلَى عَهْدِ عُمَرَ فَأَمَرَ عُمَرُ بِقَتْلِ الدِّيَكَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ: أَتَقْتُلُ أُمَّةً تُسَبِّحُ؟ فَتَرَكَهَا.
Rabi'a ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Hadir ibn 'Abdullah reported tht two
men wagered two cocks in the time of 'Umar. 'Umar ordered that the cock
be killed and a man of the Ansar said to him, "Will you kill a something
which glorifies Allah?" So 'Umar left it.
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This hadith is #1264 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Betting and similar pastimes.