PROHIBITION OF THE SALE OF WINE, CARCASS, SWINE AND IDOLS(SAHIH HADITH MUSLIM)
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Chapter# 34, Book 10, Number 3840:
Jabir b. ‘Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying in the Year of Victory while he was in Mecca: Verily Allah and His Messenger have forbidden the sale of wine, carcass, swine and idols, It was said: Allah’s Messenger, you see that the fat of the carcass is used for coating the boats and varnishing the hides and people use it for lighting purposes, whereupon he said: No, it is forbidden, Then Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: May Allah the Exalted and Majestic destroy the Jews; when Allah forbade the use of fat of the carcass for them, they melted it, and then sold it and made use of its price (received from it).
Book 10, Number 3841:
Yazid b. Abu Habib reported: ‘Ata’ reported to me that he heard Jabir (b. ‘Abdullah) saying it that he had heard that from Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the Year of Victory.
Book 10, Number 3842:
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) reported: This news reached ‘Umar that Samura had sold wine, whereupon he said: May Allah destroy Samura; does he not know that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:” Let there be the curse of Allah upon the Jews that fat was declared forbidden for them, but they melted it and then sold it”?
Book 10, Number 3843:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of ‘Amr b. Dinar with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 10, Number 3844:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: May Allah destroy the Jews for Allah forbade the use of fat for them, but they sold it and made use of its price.