that this was the cause of his accepting Islam, and it is the soundest report transmitted concerning the Prophet’s wrestling. As for what has been mentioned about the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, wrestling Abū Jahl, there is no basis for it.” End of our teacher’s statement.

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār says in his book Al-Nasab (2):

“Rukānah ibn ʿAbd Yazīd—the man who wrestled the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in Mecca before Islam—was the strongest of people. He said, ‘O Muḥammad, if you can throw me, I will believe in you.’ The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, threw him, whereupon he declared, ‘I bear witness that you are a sorcerer.’ He later embraced Islam.”

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As for his arranging horse races, peace and blessings be upon him (3):

In the two Ṣaḥīḥs (4), from the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿUmar who said: “The Messenger of Allah…"