domesticated jadha' (young) female goat. Abu Ubayd al-Harawi stated that Ibrahim al-Harbi said: 'The jadha' of sheep suffices in sacrifices because it mounts and impregnates, whereas if it is from the goats, it does not impregnate until it becomes a thaniyy.'

Section: The defects that are prohibited in sacrificial animals are those prohibited in the udhiyya (sacrifice). al-Bara' ibn 'Azib said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood among us and said: "There are four that are not permitted for sacrifice: the one-eyed animal whose defect is obvious, the sick animal whose sickness is obvious, the lame animal whose limp is obvious, and the emaciated animal that has no marrow." I said: 'I dislike that there should be a deficiency in the age.' He said: "Leave what you dislike, but do not forbid it for anyone else." Recorded by Abu Dawud and al-Nasa'i (4). This is the opinion of Ata', who said: 'As for what we have heard, it is the four; anything other than these is permissible.' The meaning of his saying 'whose defect is obvious' regarding the one-eyed animal is that its eye has sunken in and is lost, for that diminishes it; because the fatty tissue of the eye is a prized part. If there were whiteness on its eye but the eye was not lost, sacrifice with it is permitted because that does not diminish it in terms of meat. The lame animal whose limp is obvious is that whose limp is extreme, preventing it from walking with the herd, sharing with them (5) in fodder, and which makes it lean. The one that has no marrow is that which has no marrow due to its emaciation. The sick animal is said to be the one with mange, because mange spoils the meat. The apparent meaning of the hadith is that every sick animal, with a sickness that affects its emaciation or the corruption of its meat, prevents sacrifice with it, and this is more correct due to the encompassing nature of the wording and the meaning. These