The Meaning of al-Sawa'ib
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the meaning of "siba" (the sa'ibah)?
Answer:
The sa'ibah mentioned in the verse. They dedicate them to the idols. They do not ride them, nor milk them, nor eat their meat, because they are for the idols. Yes.[Al-Ma'idah 5:103]. These are types they dedicate to the idols, and may Allah protect us from that. [Al-An'am 6:140] without knowledge, foolishly without knowledge. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the meaning of "siba" (the sa'ibah)?
Answer:
The sa'ibah mentioned in the verse. They dedicate them to the idols. They do not ride them, nor milk them, nor eat their meat, because they are for the idols. Yes.
Allah has not appointed [such innovations as] bahirah or sa'ibah or wasilah
مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ مِن بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍThose will have lost who killed their children in foolishness without knowledge and prohibited what Allah had provided for them
قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ سَفَهًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا مَا رَزَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السترة أمام المصلي وحكم المرور دونها — islamhouse.com (52:46)
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