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The jerboa

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Umar ruled a jafra (weaned lamb) in compensation for the jerboa killed in ihram — the smallest game in the book of rulings, the desert's bounding rat with its place in the law of the sanctuary.

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Muwatta 1239

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The gazelle· The hare· The hyena· Expiation (kaffara)· Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Muwatta 1239· The birds of the elephant

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  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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