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Family: Religion and custom · 2 entries

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Concept

• Consecrated Livestock

  Animals the pagans consecrated — Bahira, Saʾiba, Wasila, Hami — neither ridden nor milked except for guests; the Qurʾan rebuked the custom.

Person

• al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba

  Thaqafi Companion renowned for wit and statecraft; he broke the gate of al-Lat with the pickaxe during its demolition in 9 AH, first feigning a collapse that struck terror into the watching Thaqafis.

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