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

Imam Ahmad recorded that Abdullah bin Mas`ud said
that the Prophet said,
إِن َّ أَو َّلَ‏ مَنْ‏ سَي َّبَ‏ الس َّوَائِبَ‏ وَعَبَدَ‏ الْأَصْنَامَ‏ أَبُو خُزَاعَةَ‏ عَمْرُو بْنُ‏
عَامِرٍ،‏ وَإِن ِّي رَأَیْتُهُ‏ یَجُر ُّ أَمْعَاءَهُ‏ فِي الن َّار
The first to start the practice of Sa'ibah and
worshipping idols was Abu Khuza`ah, `Amr bin
Amir. I saw him pulling his intestines behind him
in the Fire.
The `Amr mentioned in the above Hadith is the
son of Luhay bin Qam`ah, one of the chiefs of the
tribe of Khuza`ah who were the caretakers of the
House of Allah after the tribe of Jurhum, (and
before the Prophet's tribe, Quraysh). He was the
first to change the religion of Ibrahim (Al-Khalil
in Makkah) bringing idol worshipping to the area
of Hijaz (Western Arabia). He also called the
foolish people to worship idols and offer sacrifices
to them and started these ignorant rituals
concerning the animals as well as other rituals of
Jahiliyyah.
Allah said in Surah Al-An`am,
وَجَعَلُواْ‏ لِل َّهِ‏ مِم َّا ذَرَأَ‏ مِنَ‏ الْحَرْثِ‏ وَالا ٌّنْعَامِ‏ نَصِيبًا
And they assign to Allah a share of the tilth and
cattle which He has created... (6:136)
As for the Bahirah, Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn
Abbas said,
"It is the female camel that has given delivery
five times. After that, they looked at the fifth
delivery, if it were a male, they would slaughter it
and give it to the men only and not the women. If
it were a female, they would cut off its ears and
proclaim, `This is a Bahirah (no one is allowed to
milk it).'''
As-Suddi and others mentioned a similar
statement.
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