It is abomin'
able to eat
tthe flelh or
to drink the
milk of an
-a/s, or to take
the urine o f a
,1camel, unlefs
medicinally;
or to ufe vef-
fels of g o ld or
f l v t r .
them under the particular defcription o f Makrooh, or abominable.— It
is recorded, on the other hand, from Haneefa and Aboo Yoofaf, that
Makrooh applies to anything which, in its qualities, nearly approaches
to unlawful, without being aAually fo.— This article is comprehended
under a variety of heads or feftions.
S E C T . I.
€ )f E a t i n g and D r i n k i n g .
H a n e e f a has laid that the flefh and milk o f an afs, and the urine
o f a camel, are abominable.— According to Aboo Yoofaf the urine of a
camel may be taken as a medicine; but with refpedt to milk, it is a
fecretion from the blood, and is therefore fubjeft to the fame rule with
the flefh of the animal from which it is produced.
I t is not allowable, either to men or women, to ufe a veflel of
gold or filver in eating, drinking, or in keeping perfumes; becaufe
the prophet has laid, with refpedt to any perfon who drinks out of a
veflel of filver or gold, that “ the fire o f hell Jhall enter isito his belly;”
and it is alfo related, that a perfon having brought water for Aboo
Hareera in a filver veflel, he refufed to drink, declaring that the prophet
had prohibited him from drinking out of fuch a veflel. T h e prohibition,
therefore, being eftablifhed with refpeft to drinking, it follows
that the rule extends to the ufing o f oils, and fimilar articles, that
being in effedl the fame with drinking, fince in both cafes the ufe of
a veflel of gold or filver is induced,— whence it is that the ufe of a
golden or filver fpoon is abominable, as alfo the ufe of a filver or
7 golden
golden bodkin for drawing antimony along the eye-lids, or of boxes
for holding antimony, or any other thing, made o f thofe metals.
T he ufe o f veflels of lead, glafs, cryftal, and agate, is permitted.
Shafe'i maintains that thofe are abominable, becaufe they refemble gold
or filver in point of fplendor.
I t is allowable, according to Haneefa, -to drink out o f an wooden
veflel ornamented with filver, provided the particular part to which
the lip is applied be void of it. In the fame manner, alfo,. it is permitted
to ride upon a faddle interwoven with filver, provided the fpace
allotted for the feat be plain; and this rule likewife holds with refpefl:
to a couch or fopha.— According to Aboo Yoofaf, on the contrary, all
thole are abominable.— From Mohammed there are two traditions on
this- point; one correfponding with the opinion of Haneefa, and the
other with that of Aboo Yoofcf. After the lame manner they have
difagreed concerning thé ufe of a vejfel or chair adorned both with
gold and filver; concerning fwords, mofques, frames of glafl'es, and
books, when they are ornamented either with gold or filver; and alfo
concerning ftirrups, bridles, or cruppers o f that defcription.— Thefe
differe,nces of opinion, however, exift only where the gold and filver
is fo applied, in any o f thefe cafes, that it is to be feparated only by
means of fome difficult procefs: but the gilding of things, either with
gold or filver, in fuch a manner as to require art to feparate it, is
unanimoufly allowed.— T h e argument of the two difciples is that the
ufe of one part of a veflel includes the ufe o f the whole; wherefore
they hold it equally abominable as i f the part applied to ufe were likewife
of gold or filver. Haneefa, on the other hand, argues that ornaments
of gold or filver, when not applied to ufe, are merely appendages,
and therefore not to be regarded; whence the ufe of the article is allowable,
in the fame manner as wearing a garment which is trimmed
with filk, or a ring which has a piece of gold fet in it.
It is allowable
to ufe
veflels of
lead, glafs,-
cryftal, or
agate;
o r to drii?k
out of veflels,
or ride upon,
a faddle, or
lit upon a
chair or fopha,
ornamented
with gold or
filver.
If