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Bayhaqi 11914 — Reports on the bahirah, sa'ibah, wasilah and ham

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي، ح وَأنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْمُزَنِيُّ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، ثنا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنِي شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الْبَحِيرَةَ الَّتِي يُمْنَعُ دَرُّهَا لِلطَّوَاغِيتِ فَلَا يَحْتَلِبُهَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَالسَّائِبَةَ الَّتِي كَانُوا يُسَيِّبُونَهَا لِآلِهَتِهِمْ وَلَا يُحْمَلُ عَلَيْهَا شَيْءٌ، قَالَا: وَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " رَأَيْتُ عَمْرًا الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَجُرُّ قُصْبَهُ فِي النَّارِ، وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَيَّبَ السَّوَائِبَ" قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ: وَالْوَصِيلَةُ النَّاقَةُ الْبِكْرُ تُبَكِّرُ فِي أَوَّلِ نِتَاجِ الْإِبِلِ بِالْأُنْثَى، ثُمَّ تُثَنِّي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِالْأُنْثَى، وَكَانُوا يُسَيِّبُونَهَا لِطَوَاغِيتِهِمْ وَيَدْعُونَهَا الْوَصِيلَةَ؛ حِينَ وَصَلَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا بِالْأُخْرَى لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا ذَكَرٌ. قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ: وَالْحَامُ: فَحْلُ الْإِبِلِ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ الضِّرَابَ الْمَعْدُودَ، فَإِذَا قَضَى ضِرَابَهُ دَعَوْهُ لِلطَّوَاغِيتِ وَأَعْفَوْهُ مِنَ الْحَمْلِ، فَلَمْ يَحْمِلُوا عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا، وَسَمَّوْهُ الْحَامَ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الْيَمَانِ.
(a) Al-Zuhri says: I heard Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) say: 'Al-bahirah' (bahirah) was the she-camel whose milk was forbidden; it was dedicated to the idols, so no one would milk it. And 'al-sa'ibah' (sa'ibah) is what they would let loose for their idols, and no one would load anything on it.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "I saw Amr al-Khuza'i dragging his intestines in Hell; he was the first person to start the custom of the sa'ibah."
(b) Ibn al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) says: 'Al-wasilah' (wasilah) is the young she-camel that bears a female at her first birth and then bears a female again the second time; they would also let it loose in the name of the idols, but only when it bore females twice in succession with no male between them.
(c) Ibn al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) says: 'Al-ham' (ham) is the stallion camel that mounts the females a number of times; they would also dedicate it to the idols and would not load anything on it.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الوقف / 11914
Hadith Grading محدثین: بخاري 3531
Hadith Takhrij «بخاري 3531۔ مسلم 2856»