عسب الفحل

عَسْب الفَحْل

In the lexicon, asb is the mating of a stallion, that is its covering of the female; it may also mean its semen or the fee for mating ¹. The jurists agree that selling a stallion's service is not permitted, because the prophetic prohibition applies, and they explain that the service does not exist at the time of the contract ². Hiring a stallion for service was forbidden by the majority of Hanafis, the sounder view among the Shafi'is and the basic Hanbali position; the Malikis allowed it for a fixed time or a fixed number of times, but not until the female conceives; the Hanbalis allowed it in cases of need, and the Maliki view matches the weaker Shafi'i opinion ^{2 3}. Hiring is treated under «ijara» ³.