Fatwa ID: 06721

 

Answered by: Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek

 

Question:

 

Did Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam have any goats in his possession? If so, any reference to their names?

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

I’ve not come across Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) owning a goat.

 

However, Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) grazed goats in his childhood with his foster brothers while in the custody of Hazrat Haleemah (radhiyallahu ‘anha), similarly he also grazed goats as he grew older.

 

Hazrat Jaabir bin ‘Abdillah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) narrates, “We were once with Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) in a place named Zahraan when we began to pluck fruit from the salvadora persica tree (miswaak tree). Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said to us, ‘Look for and pick the fruit that is dark, as it is tastier.’ We then asked, ‘O Rasul of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)! Did you graze goats (due to which you would know this)?’ Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, ‘There is no Nabi who did not graze goats.’”

 

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “There was not a single prophet who did not graze goats.” The Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) asked, “Even you, O Prophet of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam)?” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “Yes, I also used to graze the goats of the people of Makkah Mukarramah (in my youth, before nubuwwah) for a few qaraareet (plural of qeeraat – a coin weighing approximately 0.2 grams of silver).”

 

 

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) had other animal in his possession. 

 

The name of she-camel of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallah) was: Qaswa, as it is mentioned in a Hadith of Sahih Muslim:

ثم رکب القصواء حتی اذا استوت بہ ناقتہ علی البیداء (اخرجہ مسلم ، الحج، باب حجة النبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم، رقم 1218)

In some other traditions, there have been mentioned some other names as well like Jadaa and Azbaa.

 

The name of the his horse was: Lukhaif, as in Sahih Bukhari:

کان للنبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم فرساً یقال لہ: اللحیف۔ قال ابو عبد اللہ: وقال بعضھم: اللخیف (اخرجہ البخاری، الجھاد، باب اسم الفرس والحمار، رقم 2855)

 

While the name of the donkey was: Ufair (Bukhari, 2856) Once the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallah) borrowed the donkey of Hazrat Abu Talha, its name was: Mandoob.

 

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Maulana Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

 

Reference:

(Extracted from Seeratul Mustafa 1/97)