Taken from “Zad-ul Ma’ad fi Hadyi Khairi-l ‘Ibad” Volume 1 of 4 by Ibnul Qayyim.
Translated by Jalal Abualrub.
Transcribed with minor typographical edits by: Anas A. Mousa
The first horse the Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) owned was called, As-sakb, which was Agharr (having a blaze on its forehead), Mu’hajjal (white-footed), fast and reddish-brown or black in color. As-Sakb belonged to a Bedouin who used to call it, Adh-Dhars. The Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) paid him ten Uqhiyah (ounce) for the horse.
He also had, Al-Murtajaz, which was gray in color. The Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) rode it to attend [the funeral prayer for the benefit] of Khuzaimah ibn Thabit (radiallahu anhu).
He also had Al-Lu’haif, Al-Lazzaz, Adh-Dharib, Sab’hah and Al-ward. There is agreement on these seven horses [that the Prophet alayhessalam owned them]. It was said that the Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) had fifteen horses, but there is a difference of opinion on this. The saddle the Prophet (alayhessalam) used was made of fibers.
The Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) had a gray mule called, Duldul, a gift from Al-Muqauqis King of Alexandria. He also owned a mule called, Fidh-dhah, a gift from Farwah Al- Judhami, and a gray mule that was a gift from the governor of Ayilah (Jerusalem). The governor of Doomat Al-Jandal (North Western Arabia) gave the Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) a mule and also An-Najashi sent a mule to him as a gift, according to one account.
The Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) received a gray donkey as a gift from Al-Muqauqis, it was called, ‘Ufair. He had another donkey that Farwah Al-Judhami gave to him as a gift, and another that Sa’d ibn ‘Ubadah gave him, and he (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) used to ride it.
Al-Qaswaa was among the female camels the Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) owned; it is the same camle he used during the Hijrah . He also had Al-‘Adhbaa and Al-Jad’aa. These two camels did not have ‘Adhb or Jad’ to warrant calling them by these names, but these were the names given to them.
There is a difference of opinion regarding whether Al-‘Adhbaa and Al-Jad’aa were one and the same camel. Al-‘Adhbaa was the fastest camel until a Bedouin brought his camel, which was below six years in age, and it came in first, ahead of Al-‘Adhbaa. This was hard on the Muslims, so the Messenger of Allah said,
“It is Allah’s way that He brings down whatever He raises high in the life of the world.”
The Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) acquired a young male camel that belonged to Abu Jahl (Allah’s enemy), which had a Burrah (nose-ring) made of silver in its nose. one the Day of ‘Hudaibiyyah [peace treaty with Quraish pagans], the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) slaughtered this camel for Hady to enrage the Mushriks . The Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) owned forty-five female camels, including a young camel that Sa’d ibn ‘Ubadah gave to him as a gift from the estate of Bani ‘Aqeel.
The Prophet (Õáì Çááå Úáíå æÓáã) had a hundred sheep he kept at that number. Whenever a lamb was born over the hundred, he would slaughter a sheep. He had seven milk goats, which Um Ayman used to tend.Footnotes:
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