مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب السير
Book of Military Conduct
ما قالوا: في خصاء الخيل والدواب؛ من كرهه
What they said on castrating horses and riding animals: those who disliked it
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٣٤٧٦٠ - حدثنا وكيع قال: ثنا عبد اللَّه بن نافع عن أبيه عن ابن عمر قال: نهى رسول اللَّه ﷺ عن خصاء الخيل والبهائم (١).
Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the castration of horses and other animals.
٣٤٧٦١ - وقال ابن عمر: فيه نماء الخلق (١).
Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "In it lies the growth of creation."
٣٤٧٦٢ - حدثنا شريك عن إبراهيم بن مهاجر عن إبراهيم أن عمر كتب ينهى عن خصاء الخيل (١).
Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter forbidding the castration of horses.
٣٤٧٦٣ - حدثنا وكيع عن سفيان عن إبراهيم بن مهاجر البجلي قال: كتب عمر أن لا يخصى فرس ولا يجرى (بين) (١) أكثر من مائتين (٢).
Ibrahim bin Muhajir al-Bajali (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter: "Horses are not to be castrated, and they are not to be raced more than two hundred."
٣٤٧٦٤ - حدثنا وكيع قال: ثنا أسامة بن زيد عن يزيد بن أبي حبيب قال: كتب عمر بن عبد العزيز إلى أهل مصر ينهاهم عن خصاء الخيل وأن يجري الصبيان الخيل.
Yazid bin Abi Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote to the people of Egypt forbidding them from castrating horses and from having children race on horses.
٣٤٧٦٥ - حدثنا وكيع قال: ثنا أبو جعفر الرازي عن الربيع بن أنس قال: سمعت أنسا يقول: ﴿وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ﴾ [النساء: ١١٩]، قال: الخصاء (١).
Al-Rabi' bin Anas said: I heard Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) say that in this verse: "And I will command them, and they will alter the creation of Allah" [An-Nisa: 119], what is meant is castration.
٣٤٧٦٦ - حدثنا ابن يمان عن سفيان عن إسماعيل عن أبي صالح قال: الخصاء.
Isma'il (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Abu Salih (may Allah have mercy on him) said the same: that what is meant is castration.
٣٤٧٦٧ - حدثنا وكيع قال: ثنا أبو (مكين) (١) عن عكرمة أنه كره خصاء الدواب.
Abu Mukin (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) used to consider the castration of animals disliked.
٣٤٧٦٨ - حدثنا حفص عن ليث عن عطاء وطاوس ومجاهد والحسن وشهر أنهم كرهوا الخصاء.
Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Ata, Tawus, Mujahid, al-Hasan and Shahr (may Allah have mercy on them): all of these used to consider castration disliked.
٣٤٧٦٩ - حدثنا وكيع عن سفيان عن عاصم عن سالم عن ابن عمر أن عمر نهى عن الخصاء وقال: النماء مع الذكر (١).
Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade the castration of animals and said: "Increase in offspring comes only with the male organ."
٣٤٧٧٠ - حدثنا أسباط بن محمد وابن فضيل عن مطرف عن رجل عن ابن عباس قال: خصاء البهائم مثلة ثم تلا: ﴿وَلَآمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ﴾ (١).
Mutarrif (may Allah have mercy on him) reports from a man that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Castrating animals is mutilation." Then he (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: "And I will command them, and they will alter the creation of Allah."
