\nNarrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab:\n\n
Bahira is a she-camel whose milk is kept for the idols and nobody is allowed to milk it; Sa'iba was the \nshe-camel which they used to set free for their gods and nothing was allowed to be carried on it. Abu \nHuraira said: Allah's Apostle said, \"I saw `Amr bin 'Amir Al-Khuza`i (in a dream) dragging his \nintestines in the Fire, and he was the first person to establish the tradition of setting free the animals \n(for the sake of their deities),\" Wasila is the she-camel which gives birth to a she-camel as its first \ndelivery, and then gives birth to another she-camel as its second delivery. People (in the Pre-lslamic \nperiods of ignorance) used to let that she camel loose for their idols if it gave birth to two she-camels \nsuccessively without giving birth to a male camel in between. 'Ham' was the male camel which was \nused for copulation. When it had finished the number of copulations assigned for it, they would let it \nloose for their idols and excuse it from burdens so that nothing would be carried on it, and they called \nit the 'Hami.' Abu Huraira said, \"I heard the Prophet saying so.\"","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}