‘ Wasīlah ’ has also been construed in a number of ways...

‘ Wasīlah ’ has also been construed in a number of ways: It has been transmitted from Imām al-Sādiq ( ‘a ) that during the Age of Ignorance, a camel would be named Wasīlah if it reproduced twins, and killing it as well as eating its meat were forbidden. [ Kanz al-Daqā’iq ]. If a sheep reproduced a female, it would belong to its owner and if it reproduced a male, it would be sacrificed for idols.

If it reproduced both a male and a female, they used to say that a brother has been connected to its sister and would forgo killing it. Hām : If ten young were reproduced from the loins of a male camel, they used to forbid mounting it and used to set it free to graze on meadows and drink water, and used to say that the back (i.e.

loins) of that animal has been closed.[^12] In the above quoted verse, Allah has refuted all these idolatrous prohibitions and has stated that He has not prescribed such kinds of prohibitions, and that the faithless have fabricated lies against Him. It is necessary to mention that verses 138…