1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

means, two just Muslim men should determine an
animal equivalent to the game killed, or the
amount of its price.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Abu Jarir Al-Bajali said,
"I killed a deer when I was in the state of Ihram
and mentioned this fact to Umar, who said,
`Bring two of your brethren and let them judge
you.' So I went to Abdur-Rahman and Sa`d and
they said that I should offer a male sheep.''
Ibn Jarir recorded that Tariq said,
"Arbad killed a deer while in the state of Ihram
and he went to Umar to judge him. Umar said to
him, `Let us both judge,' and they judged that
Arbad should offer a goat that was fed on
abundant water and grass.
Umar commented, يَحْكُمُ‏ بِهِ‏ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ‏ م ِّنكُمْ‏ (As
adjudged by two just men among you);''
Allah's statement,
...an offering brought to the Ka`bah.
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هَدْیًا بَالِغَ‏ الْكَعْبَةِ‏ ...
indicates that this equivalent animal should be
brought to the Ka`bah, meaning, the Sacred
Area, where it should be slaughtered and its meat
divided between the poor of the Sacred Area.
There is a consensus on this ruling.
Allah said,
أَوْ‏ آَف َّارَةٌ‏ طَعَامُ‏ مَسَاآِينَ‏ أَو عَدْلُ‏ ذَلِكَ‏ صِيَامًا ...
or, for expiation, he should feed the poor, or its
equivalent in fasting,
that is, if the Muhrim does not find an equivalent
to what he killed, or the animal hunted is not
comparable to anything else.
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