Chapter on Sacrificial Offerings
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 136
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ اَلرَّقِّيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلَنِي بَعْضُ اَلْخَوَارِجِ عَنْ هَذِهِ اَلْآيَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اَللَّهِ تَعَالَى « ثَمٰانِيَةَ أَزْوٰاجٍ مِنَ اَلضَّأْنِ اِثْنَيْنِ وَ مِنَ اَلْمَعْزِ اِثْنَيْنِ » إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: «وَ مِنَ اَلْإِبِلِ اِثْنَيْنِ وَ مِنَ اَلْبَقَرِ اِثْنَيْنِ» مَا اَلَّذِي أَحَلَّ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ مَا اَلَّذِي حَرَّمَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدِي فِيهِ شَيْءٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ أَنَا حَاجٌّ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا كَانَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَحَلَّ فِي اَلْأُضْحِيَّةِ بِمِنًى اَلضَّأْنَ وَ اَلْمَعْزَ اَلْأَهْلِيَّةَ وَ حَرَّمَ أَنْ يُضَحَّى فِيهِ بِالْجَبَلِيَّةِ وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ «وَ مِنَ اَلْإِبِلِ اِثْنَيْنِ وَ مِنَ اَلْبَقَرِ اِثْنَيْنِ» فَإِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَحَلَّ فِي اَلْأُضْحِيَّةِ بِمِنًى اَلْإِبِلَ اَلْعِرَابَ وَ حَرَّمَ فِيهَا اَلْبَخَاتِيَّ وَ أَحَلَّ اَلْبَقَرَ اَلْأَهْلِيَّةَ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِهَا وَ حَرَّمَ اَلْجَبَلِيَّةَ» فَانْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى اَلرَّجُلِ وَ أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِهَذَا اَلْجَوَابِ فَقَالَ هَذَا شَيْءٌ حَمَلَتْهُ اَلْإِبِلُ مِنَ اَلْحِجَازِ.
It is narrated from Dawud Al-Raqqi who said: One of the Kharijites asked me about the verse from the Book of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, "Eight pairs: of sheep two, and of goats two... and of camels two, and of oxen two" (Surah Al-An‘am: 143–144). He asked: "What has Allah سبحانه وتعالى permitted from these, and what has He forbidden?" I did not have an answer at that time, so I went to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام while I was on pilgrimage and informed him of the matter. Imam عليه السلام said: "Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Blessed and Exalted, has permitted in the sacrifice at Mina the domesticated sheep and goats, and He has forbidden the wild (mountainous) species of them. As for His saying, 'And of camels two, and of oxen two,' Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Blessed and Exalted, has permitted the Arabian camels for sacrifice at Mina, but He has forbidden the imported Bactrian camels. He has permitted domesticated cattle to be sacrificed, but He has forbidden the wild species of them." So I returned to the man and informed him of this response, to which he replied: "This is something carried by the camels from the Hijaz."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh