Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Keeping horses may be a source of reward to some (man), a shelter to another (i.e. means of earning one's living), or a burden to a third. [1] He to whom the horse will be a source of reward is the one who keeps it in Allâh's Cause (prepare it for holy battles) and ties it by a long rope in a pasture (or a garden). He will get a re- ward equal to what its long rope allows it to eat in the pasture or the garden, and if that horse breaks its rope and crosses one or two hills, then all its foot-steps and its dung will be counted as good deeds for its owner; and if it passes by a river and drinks from it, then that will also be regarded as a good deed for its owner even if he has had no intention of watering it then. Horses are a shelter from poverty to the second person who keeps horses for earning his living so as not to ask others, and at the same time he gives Allâh's Right (i.e. Zakát) (from the wealth he earns through using them in trading etc.) and does not overburden them. He who keeps horses just out of pride and for showing off and as a means of harming the Muslims, his horses will be a source of sins to him." When Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about donkeys, he replied, "Nothing particular was revealed to me regarding them except this general unique Verse which is applicable to everything: ' Whoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant) shall see it (its reward). And whoever does evil, equal to the weight of an atom shall see it (its recompense) (on the Day of Resurrection). [1] [3:559-O.B]