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8.The Pilgrim must be kind to animals, taking care not to overload them. It is
beyond their capacity to carry a litter, and sleeping in one of them imposes an
intolerable weight. Pious people would not sleep on the back of an animal, unless
they happened to doze off while riding. Nor would they stay mounted for long
while the animal was kept standing. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
said: “Do not treat the backs of your animals as chairs!”
It is recommended that one dismount both morning and evening to give one‟s
beast a rest, following the Prophetic example and the precedent of the elders.
One of the elders used to take an animal on hire with the stipulation that he
would not dismount. Having paid the full price of hire, he would then get of the
beast in order to do it a kindness, one that would be counted among his good
deeds and weighed in his scales of the balance, not that of the owner.
Whoever harms a dumb creature and overloads it will be called to account for
this on the Day of Resurrection. As he was dying, Abul Darda said to a camel of
beyond their capacity to carry a litter, and sleeping in one of them imposes an
intolerable weight. Pious people would not sleep on the back of an animal, unless
they happened to doze off while riding. Nor would they stay mounted for long
while the animal was kept standing. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
said: “Do not treat the backs of your animals as chairs!”
It is recommended that one dismount both morning and evening to give one‟s
beast a rest, following the Prophetic example and the precedent of the elders.
One of the elders used to take an animal on hire with the stipulation that he
would not dismount. Having paid the full price of hire, he would then get of the
beast in order to do it a kindness, one that would be counted among his good
deeds and weighed in his scales of the balance, not that of the owner.
Whoever harms a dumb creature and overloads it will be called to account for
this on the Day of Resurrection. As he was dying, Abul Darda said to a camel of