The ones who carry God’s Threshold shall be eight on the Resurrection Day.

The ones who carry God’s Threshold shall be eight on the Resurrection Day.” EIGHT PAIRS 8-6 Davood al-Ruqi narrated, “One of the Kharajites** [724] ** asked me about the meaning of the following verse from the Honorable the Exalted God’s Book, ‘(Take) eight (head of cattle) in (four) pairs: of sheep a pair, and of goats a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two males, or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose?

Tell me with knowledge if ye are truthful: Of camels a pair, and oxen a pair;” [725] His question was, ‘Which of these has God made lawful and which of them are forbidden.’ I did not know the answer to his question. Therefore, I went to see Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) during my Hajj pilgrimage trip and asked him about it. The Imam (MGB) said, ‘The Blessed the Sublime God has allowed the offering of an oxen or a domestic sheep at Mina, but has forbidden their offering of a wild cow or sheep.

And regarding camels and cows, the Sublime God has allowed the offering of Arab camels at Mina but has forbidden the offering of wild camels. God has allowed the offering of a domesticated cow but He has forbidden the offering of a wild cow.’ I delivered this reply to the man who had asked about it from me upon my return.

He said, ‘You have learned this from Hijaz** [726] ** .’ THE EIGHT GATE TO PARADISE 8-7 Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Qat’tan narrated that Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakaria al-Qat’tan quoted Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdullah, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Hikam, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Muhammad ibn…