If the livestock become weak and their marrow disappears, and then abundance comes quickly and they fatten, is that sufficient?

The questioner : It was mentioned to us by the Bedouin, or the people of the desert, that when abundance comes quickly—when abundance comes quickly after the livestock have become weak and their marrow has disappeared, and then abundance comes rapidly and the camels graze on grass—they build up flesh and fat before they build up marrow. So they are not emaciated, because when they ate the grass they fattened, but they do not have marrow. So is this sufficient or not? Do you understand, everyone? Did you not understand? All right. I have sheep, and the time was a long period, meaning there was no grass, so the sheep became weak and emaciated. Then their marrow disappeared, and the sheep would stand up but could not stand on its own due to its weakness. Then Allah sent abundance through rain and grass, and this sheep ate the grass and fattened quickly before it built up marrow in its leg. So is it sufficient or not?

The Shaykh : Yes, we look at the hadith regarding the emaciated one, or he said the one that is not nourished, the one that is not nourished. Is the phrase "the one that is not nourished" a descriptive attribute or a restrictive attribute? It appears to be a restrictive attribute, because not every emaciated animal is insufficient. Based on this, we say that an animal like this, which was affected by abundance and built up flesh and fat quickly before building up marrow, we say that this is sufficient.

The questioner : No, it stands up. How does it stand up? How did it graze? I say, how did it graze?

The Shaykh : Yes. Because the marrow builds up quickly, and also after we slaughter it, we break its bone and find that there is no marrow in it.