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

proclaim, `This camel has Hama (protected) its
back.' Therefore, they would not carry anything
on this male camel, cut his wool, prevent him
from grazing wherever he likes or drinking from
any pool, even if the pool did not belong to its
owner.''
Ibn Wahb said,
"I heard Malik saying, `As for the Ham, it is the
male camel who is assigned a certain number of
copulations, and when having finished what was
assigned to him, would have peacock feathers
placed on him and be set free.'''
Other opinions were also mentioned to explain this
Ayah.
There is a Hadith on this subject that Ibn Abi Hatim
collected from Abu Ishaq As-Subay`i from Al-Ahwas Al-
Jushami from his father Malik bin Nadlah who said,
"I came to the Prophet wearing old clothes. So he
said to me,
Do you have any property
I said, `Yes.'
He asked,
What type
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هَلْ‏ لَكَ‏ مِنْ‏ مَالٍ؟
مِنْ‏ أَي ِّ الْمَالِ‏ ؟
I said, `All types; camels, sheep, horses and
slaves.'
He said,
فَإِذَا آتَاكَ‏ االلهُ‏ مَالًا فَلْيُرَ‏ عَلَيْك
If Allah gives you wealth, then let it show on you.
He then asked,
تُنْتِجُ‏ إِبِلُكَ‏ وَافِيَةً‏ آذَانُهَا ؟