Surah Al-Ma'idah — Ayah 103 (5:103)

English translation (Saheeh International)

Allāh has not appointed [such innovations as] baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām.¹ But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allāh, and most of them do not reason.

1. - Categories of particular camels which were dedicated to the idols and set free to pasture, liberated from the service of man.

Brief commentary

Allah has made livestock lawful for you to consume. He has not made unlawful what the idolaters declared unlawful for themselves when dedicating them to their idols, such as: baḥīrah, a she-camel whose ear is cut after it gives birth to a certain number; or sā’ibah, a she-camel that is left for the idols after it reaches a certain age; or waṣīlah, a she-camel that gives birth to one female after another; or ḥāmī, a male camel stud that mates with other camels and produces a given number of offspring. Allah did not make any of these; but the disbelievers falsely claimed that Allah had forbidden these things. Most of the disbelievers do not differentiate between truth and falsehood and between the lawful and the unlawful.