Sunan Ibn Majah 2876
سنن ابن ماجه#2876Da'ifIt was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Whoever enters a horse (in a race) between two other horses, not knowing whether it will win, that is not gambling. But whoever enters a horse (in race) between two other horses, certain that it will win, that is gambling.”
Scholarly Authentication
We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:
Al-AlbaniDaif
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiDaif
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 24:124