valid; becaufe upon paying the compenfation he is held to have been
proprietor o f the goat from the time of his having ufurped it. It is
other wife where a perfon lacrifices a goat committed to him as a dépolit
; for this is not valid ; becaufe he is obliged to compenfate for
it (not on account of the animal, but) on account of the Jacrifice,
and hence his property in it is not eltablilhed until after he has
facrificed it.
H E D A T J .
h e d m t a i
B O O K XLIV.
Of K IR A HE EAT, or ABOMINATIONS. .
T ^ H E author o f the He day a remarks that our doctors have dif-
X agreed concerning the extent in which the term Makrooh * is'
to be received.— Mohammed was of opinion that every thing Makrooh'
is unlawful; but as he could not draw any convincing argument from
the facred writings in favour of this opinion, he renounced the general
application of unlawfulnefs with, relpedt to fuch articles, and clalled'
Difference o f
opinions concerning
the
extent o f the
term Malroob.
* Makrooh is the participle paffive o f Kuribft, to abominate; this word is frequently
taken in a milder fenfej and may. relate to any thing improper or unbecoming.
them