They used to prohibit the usage of some of their cattle and designate them as Bahirah,
Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham etc. These were some of the innovations they invented for
cattle, fruits and produce. Allah stated that He has created gardens, trellised
and untrellised, and cattle, as animals of burden and as Farsh. Allah next mentioned
various kinds of cattle, male and female, such as sheep and goats. He also created
male and female camels and the same with cows. Allah did not prohibit any of these
cattle or their offspring. Rather, they all were created for the sons of Adam as
a source for food, transportation, work, milk, and other benefits, which are many.
Allah said,
﴿وَأَنزَلَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الاٌّنْعَـمِ
ثَمَـنِيَةَ أَزْوَجٍ﴾
(And He has sent down for you of cattle eight pairs...) ﴿39:6﴾ Allah said;
﴿أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ
الأُنثَيَيْنِ﴾
(...or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose...) This refutes the
idolators' statement,
﴿مَا فِى بُطُونِ هَـذِهِ الأَنْعَـمِ
خَالِصَةٌ لِّذُكُورِنَا وَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَى أَزْوَجِنَا﴾
(What is in the bellies of such and such cattle is for our males alone, and forbidden
to our females.) ﴿6:139﴾ Allah said,
﴿نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ
صَـدِقِينَ﴾
(Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful.) meaning, tell me with sure knowledge,
how and when did Allah prohibit what you claimed is prohibited, such as the Bahirah,
Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham etc. Al-`Awfi said that Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's statement,
﴿ثَمَـنِيَةَ أَزْوَجٍ مِّنَ الضَّأْنِ
اثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ الْمَعْزِ اثْنَيْنِ﴾
(Eight pairs: of the sheep two, and of the goats two...) these are four pairs,
﴿قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ
الأُنثَيَيْنِ﴾
(Say: "Has He forbidden the two males or the two females...'') I (Allah) did not
prohibit any of these.
﴿أَمَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ
الأُنثَيَيْنِ﴾
(or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose) and does the womb produce
but males and females So why do you prohibit some and allow some others
﴿نَبِّئُونِي بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ
صَـدِقِينَ﴾
(Inform me with knowledge if you are truthful. ) Allah is saying that all of this
is allowed.'' Allah said,
﴿أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ وَصَّـكُمُ
اللَّهُ بِهَـذَا﴾
(Or, were you present when Allah ordered you such a thing) mocking the idolators'
innovations, and their lies that Allah made sacred what they have prohibited.
﴿فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى
عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا لِيُضِلَّ النَّاسَ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ﴾
(Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead mankind
astray without knowledge.) Therefore, no one is more unjust than the people described
here and
﴿إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ
الظَّـلِمِينَ﴾
(Certainly, Allah guides not the people who are wrongdoers.) The person most worthy
of this condemnation is `Amr bin Luhay bin Qum`ah. He was the first person to change
the religion of the Prophets and designate the Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham, as mentioned
in the Sahih.
﴿قُل لاَ أَجِدُ فِى
مَآ أُوْحِىَ إِلَىَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلاَ أَن يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً
أَوْ دَمًا مَّسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ أَوْ فِسْقًا أُهِلَّ
لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلاَ عَادٍ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٌ
رَّحِيمٌ ﴾
(145. Say: "I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden
to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maytah (a dead animal) or
blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine; for that surely, is unclean (Rijs), or
immorally slaughtered in the name of other than Allah. But whosoever is forced by
necessity without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits; (for him)
certainly, your Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.")
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