Chapter on the Reason for the Two Patches on the Palms of the Animal's Feet
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 28
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 28
Chapter on the Reason for the Two Patches on the Palms of the Animal's Feet
رَوَى حَمَّادُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ نَرَى اَلدَّوَابَّ فِي بُطُونِ أَيْدِيهَا مِثْلُ اَلرُّقْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَاطِنِ يَدَيْهَا مِثْلُ اَلْكَيِّ فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ قَالَ «ذَلِكَ مَوْضِعُ مَنْخِرَيْهِ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ.
Hammad ibn Uthman narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: I said to him, "May I be your ransom! We see markings on the undersides of the forelegs of animals, like two patches or brands. What is that?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "That is the place where their nostrils were positioned while they were in their mother's womb."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh