Umdat at-TalibAl-Buhuti

Section
An ostrich requires the sacrifice of a camel; an onager, a wild cow, or an ibex is made good with a cow (1); a hyena with a ram; a gazelle with a she-goat; a rock rabbit (2) or a monitor lizard with a kid-goat (3); a jerboa with a jafrah—a young she-goat in its fifth month (4); a hare with an anāq—a female goat that has completed its first year (5); and a pigeon with a sheep (6).

For any quarry that has no equivalent animal, one must pay its appraised value instead.

Section [Hunting in the Two Sanctuaries]
Hunting inside the Meccan Sanctuary is forbidden to both pilgrims in iḥrām and to those in a state of ritual release; its legal consequences are the same as for game taken by someone in iḥrām.

It is likewise unlawful to cut its trees or green foliage, except for what is already dry and for idhkhir grass (7).

Hunting is also prohibited in the Medinan Sanctuary—the area between its two lava fields—and no compensatory penalty is imposed for it (8). Grass may be gathered there for fodder, and its timber may be taken for plough handles and similar implements.

(1) al-waʿl: the male mountain goat (ibex). (2) al-wabr: a small dark-coloured mammal, a little smaller than a cat and tailless. (3) al-jady: a male kid goat six months old; al-jafrah: a kid four months old. (4) The phrase “and with wabr, dabb lizard, and jady, and with yarbuʿ a jafrah” is not found in manuscript A. (5) al-ʿanāq: a female kid goat, younger than a jafrah. (6) al-ḥamām: any bird that drinks by sucking and coos; it is not one single species but includes the sand grouse, turtle dove, and similar birds. (7) al-idhkhar: a pleasantly scented grass that grows in Mecca. (8) labatayhā: dual of labah, referring to the two volcanic lava fields (harrah).
فصلٌ في النَّعَّامةِ بَدنةٌ، وفي حمار الوحش وبَقَرِه والوَعَلِ (١) بقرةٌ، وفي الضَّبْع كَبْشٌ، وفي الغزال عَنزٌ، وفي وبْرٍ (٢) وضَبِّ جَدْيٌ (٣) ، وفي يَرْبُوعٍ جَفرةٌ (٤) وفي أَرْنبٍ عَنَاقٌ (٥) ، وفي حَمامة (٦) شاةٌ. وما لا مِثْلَ له فيه قِيمتُه. فصلٌ [في صيد الحرمين] يحرمُ صيدُ حَرمِ مكَّة على مُحِلٍّ ومُحرمٍ، وحُكْمُهُ كصيدِ مُحْرمٍ. ويحرمُ قطعُ شجرِه وحَشيشِه إلَّا اليابسَ والإِذْخرَ (٧) ، ويحرمُ صيدُ حَرَمِ المدينة، وهو ما بين لَابتَيْهَا (٨) ، ولا جزاءَ فيه، ويُباح الحشيشُ للعلف وآلةُ حرثٍ ونحوه من شَجرِه.
(١) الوعل: تيس الجبل. (٢) الوبْر: دويبة كحلاء دون السنَّور لا ذَنَبَ لها. (٣) الجَدْي: الذَّكَرُ من أولاد المعز له ستة أشهر، والجفرة: ما له أربعة أشهر من المعز. (٤) قوله: "وفي وبر وضب وجدي، وفي يربوع جفرة" ليس في (أ). (٥) العَنَاق: الأنثى من أولاد المعز، أصغر من الجفرة. (٦) الحمام: كل ما عَبَّ الماء وهدر، وليس هو نوع معين، بل يدخل فيه القطا والقمري ونحوها. (٧) الإذخر: حشيش طيب الريح ينبت بمكة. (٨) لابتيها: تثنية لابة، وهي الحرة.

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