So
weak eye, the perfect eye nraft then be bound, and the fame procefs
' carried on, until it indicate that it has obferved it with the defective
eye. I f then the particular diftance from thofe parts to where the
animal Hood be meafured, it may be known, from the proportion
they bear to each other, in what degree the fight is impaired.
An ammal If a perfon facrifice an animal without a horn,wanting a _ 1 it is lawful ;— and
horn, or mad, fo likewife where the horn is broken, or where the animal is mad or
may beVacri- caftrated.— Many, however, have faid, that it is not lawful to facri-
ficed- fice a mad animal, unlefs it eat food., in the fame manner as it is not
lawful to facrifice a Gurgeen [the offspring of a wolf and goat] unlefs it
be fat. With regard to animals that want teeth, it is reported from
Aboo Yoofaf that they may be lawfully facrificed, provided they be
able to chew,— or (according to another report) provided the greateft
of their teeth be remaining. Animals, however, that are born without
an ear cannot lawfully be facrificed. What is here faid refpecls
fuch blemifhes as may have, exifted in the animal, previous to.the
purchafe of it; for if it be perfect at the time of purchafe, and afterwards
contract fuch a blemifh as to render the facrifice of it unlawful,
and the proprietor be rich, it is- in. that cafe incumbent on him to.fa-
erifice another; whereas, if he be poor, he may lawfully facrifice the
fame. T h e reafon of this, is, that as an offering is incumbent on a
rich man originally, and not on account of his purchafe, the animal
therefore which he buys is not particularly fet afide; for the offering;
whereas, on the contrary, an offering not being incumbent on a poor
man, except when he purchafes an animal with that intent, the animal
lb purch-afed is therefore particularly deftined for the purpofe:—
and accordingly, our dodtors bold that if an animal, purchafed with a
view to be offered, Ihould die,, it is incumbent on the1 proprietor, i f
he be rich, to fubftitute another, but not if he be poor;—-or, i f the
animal be either loft or ftolen, and the purchafer, having bought another,
fhould then recover the firft, in. fuch cafe it is incumbent on the
proprietor, if he be rich, to facrifice one of them, whether it be the
firft
firft bouo-ht or the fécond; but i f he be poor, he is under an obligation
to facrifice both.
I f it fhould happen that thé goat, having been turned over in
order that the facrifice might be performed, in the ftruggle breaks
one of its legs, in that cafe, provided the facrifice be immediately
made, it is lawful and fufficient. So âlfo; it is lawful, if the animal,
in that fituation, having received any hurt, fhould run away, and
having been immediately and without delay taken, fhould then be
facrificed. Mohammed\u& likewife judged the facrifice lawful, if, in
this cafe, the animal fhould not be retaken until after fome delay:—
in oppofition to the opinion of Aboo Yoofaf.
I t is not lawful* to offer a facrifice of any animal except a camel,
a cow, or a goat ; for it is not recorded that the prophet or any o f his
companions ever facrificed others. Buffaloes, however, are lawful,
as being of the fpecies o f a cow. Every animal of a mixed breed,
moreover, is confidered as of the fame fpecies with the mother.
T he facrifice is lawful of any animal of the three fpecies above
mentioned, although it be only a Soonee * : but not i f younger; excepting,
however, a fheep, which may be facrificed when a Judday,
or fo young as to have no teeth ; and in this cafe our dodtors have
made it a condition that the fheep be o f large ftature, infomuch as to
have the appearance of a Soonee at a little diftance. T h e period o f
fudday in fheep (according to our dodtors) is at the expiration of fix
months, and the commencement o f the feventh. The time o f Soonee
in goats or fheep is at the âgé of one year; in cows, at the age of two;
and in camels at the age of five years.
Any accident
befalling ihe
vi£tim at the
time of flaying
it does
notinvalidate
the facrifice.
Goats, camels,
and
cows alone
are lawful in
facrifice.
Age at which
an animal is
fit for facrifice.
* T h e iheep and the goat are held to be o f the fame fpecies.
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