Aslam

Praise be to Allah. Imaam

Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in his section on the

animals owned by the Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon

him):

Of

camels he had al-Qaswaa’, and it was said that she was the camel on

which he made his Hijrah; and al-‘Adbaa’ and al-Jad’aa’. Were

al-‘Adbaa’ and al-Jad’aa’ one and the same, or two different

camels? There is some difference of opinion concerning this.

Al-‘Adbaa’ was the camel who had never been defeated in a race, then a

Bedouin came on a young camel, which beat her in a race. This upset the

Muslims, but the Messenger of Allaah

(peace and blessings of Allaah

be upon him) said: “When Allaah raises the status of something in this

world, He inevitably brings it down again.” At the battle of Badr, the

Prophet

(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) took as booty a

dromedary which had belonged to Abu Jahl and had a silver ring in its

nose. He took it to be sacrificed on the day of al-Hudaybiyah in order to

annoy the mushrikeen.