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plates of fire—then they will be heated in the blaze of Hell, and his flanks, his forehead, and his back will be branded with them. Whenever they cool, they will be reheated for him, during a Day whose length is fifty thousand years, until judgment is passed among all people and he is shown his path, either to Paradise or to Hell.

They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, what about camels?” He replied, ‘No owner of camels who fails to give what is due on them—and part of that due is that they be milked on the day they are taken to water—will escape; when the Day of Resurrection comes, they will be laid out for him on a broad, flat plain (1) in the best and fullest condition, missing not even a single calf (2). They will trample him with their hooves and bite him with their mouths. Each time the first of them passes over him, the last of them will be brought back again, during a Day whose length is fifty thousand years, until judgment is passed among the people and he is shown his path, either to Paradise or to Hell.’

They asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what about cattle and sheep?’ He replied, ‘No owner of cattle or sheep who fails to give what is due on them will escape; when the Day of Resurrection comes, they will be spread out for him on a broad, flat plain, none of them missing—none with twisted horns (3), broken horns, or cropped ears. They will gore him with their horns and trample him with their hooves (4). Each time the first of them passes over him, the last of them will be brought back again, during a Day whose length is fifty thousand years, until judgment is passed among the people and he is shown his path, either to Paradise or to Hell.’

They asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what about horses?’ He replied, ‘Horses are of three kinds: for one man they are a burden (sin), for another they are a shield (protection), and for another they are a reward. As for the one for whom they are a burden, it is a man who keeps them for show, boasting, and as a means of enmity (5) against the Muslims; for him they are a burden. The one for whom they are a shield is a man who keeps them in the path of Allah and does not neglect Allah’s right concerning their backs and their necks; for him they are a shield. And the one for whom they are a reward is a man who keeps them in the path of Allah for the Muslims in a meadow (6) or a garden; whatever they eat from that meadow or

(1) That is, in a flat, open desert. (2) al-fasil: the offspring of a she-camel once it has been weaned. (3) i.e. one with twisted horns; al-jalhaa is hornless, and al-adbaa—spelled with both an undotted and a dotted consonant—has a broken horn. (4) The azlaf (hooves) of cattle, sheep, and gazelles correspond to the khuff (pad) of camels. (5) nuwaa, with a long vowel, means hostility. (6) That is, land rich in vegetation and pasture.

صَفَائِحُ مِنْ نَارٍ، فَأَحْمِيَ عَلَيْهَا فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ، فَيُكْوَى بِهَا جَنْبُهُ، وَجَبِينُهُ، وَظَهْرُهُ، كُلَّمَا بَرَدَتْ أُعِيدَتْ لَهُ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ، حَتَّى يُقْضَى بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ فَيَرَى سَبِيلَهُ، إِمَّا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِمَّا إِلَى النَّارِ» قيل: يا رسول الله فالإبل؟ قال: «وَلَا صَاحِبِ إِبِلٍ لَا يُؤَدِّي مِنْهَا حَقَّهَا، وَمِنْ حَقِّهَا حَلْبُهَا يَوْمَ وِرْدِهَا، إِلَّا إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ بُطِحَ لَهَا بِقَاعٍ قَرْقَرٍ (١) أَوْفَرَ مَا كَانَتْ، لَا يَفْقِدُ مِنْهَا فَصِيلًا (٢) وَاحِدًا، تَطَؤُهُ بِأَخْفَافِهَا، وَتَعَضُّهُ بِأَفْوَاهِهَا، كُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ أُولَاهَا، رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ آخِرَاهَا، فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ، حَتَّى يُقْضَى بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ، فَيَرَى سَبِيلَهُ، إِمَّا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِمَّا إِلَى النَّارِ» قيل: يا رسول الله فَالْبَقَرُ وَالْغَنَمُ؟ قال: «وَلَا صَاحِبِ بَقَرٍ وَلَا غَنَمٍ لَا يُؤَدِّي مِنْهَا حَقَّهَا، إِلَّا إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ، بُطِحَ لَهَا بِقَاعٍ قَرْقَرٍ، لَا يَفْقِدُ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، لَيْسَ فِيهَا عَقْصَاءُ (٣)، وَلَا جَلْحَاءُ، وَلَا عَضْبَاءُ، تَنْطَحُهُ بِقُرُونِهَا، وَتَطَؤُهُ بِأَظْلَافِهَا (٤)، كُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ أُولَاهَا، رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ آخِرَاهَا، فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ حَتَّى يُقْضَى بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ، فَيَرَى سَبِيلَهُ، إِمَّا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِمَّا إِلَى النَّارِ» قيل: يا رسول الله فالخَيْلُ؟ قال: «الْخَيْلُ ثَلَاثَةٌ: هِيَ لِرَجُلٍ وِزْرٌ، وَهِيَ لِرَجُلٍ سِتْرٌ، وَهِيَ لِرَجُلٍ أَجْرٌ. فَأَمَّا الَّتِي هِيَ لَهُ وِزْرٌ فَرَجُلٌ رَبَطَهَا رِيَاءً وَفَخْرًا وَنَوَاءً (٥) عَلَى أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَهِيَ لَهُ وِزْرٌ، وَأَمَّا الَّتِي هِيَ لَهُ سِتْرٌ، فَرَجُلٌ رَبَطَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْسَ حَقَّ اللَّهِ فِي ظُهُورِهَا، وَلَا رِقَابِهَا، فَهِيَ لَهُ سِتْرٌ، وَأَمَّا الَّتِي هِيَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ، فَرَجُلٌ رَبَطَهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ فِي مَرْجٍ (٦)، أَوْ رَوْضَةٍ فَمَا أَكَلَتْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَرْجِ أَوْ

(١) أي: في صحراء مستوية. (٢) الفصيل: ولد الناقة إذا فصل عن أمه. (٣) أي: ملتوية القرنين. و(الجلحاء) التي لا قرن لها. و(العضباء) بالمهملة والمعجمة: مكسورة القرن. (٤) الأظلاف للبقر والغنم والظباء بمنزلة الخف للإبل. (٥) نواء بالمد: المعاداة. (٦) أي: أرض ذات نبات ومرعى.