>>>"100 She-Camels and 26 are needed"
Is this related?
Volume:5 Book :59 (Military Expeditions led by the Prophet)Number :340 Top
Narrated Ali:
I had a she-camel which I got in my share from the booty of the battle of Badr, and the Prophet had given me another she camel from the Khumus which Allah had bestowed on him that day. And when I intended to celebrate my marriage to Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, I made an arrangement with a goldsmith from Bani Qainuqa 'that he should go with me to bring Idhkhir (i.e. a kind of grass used by gold-smiths) which I intended to sell to gold-smiths in order to spend its price on the marriage banquet. While I was collecting ropes and sacks of pack saddles for my two she-camels which were kneeling down beside an Ansari's dwelling and after collecting what I needed, I suddenly found that the humps of the two she-camels had been cut off and their flanks had been cut open and portions of their livers had been taken out. On seeing that, I could not help weeping. I asked, "Who has done that?" They (i.e. the people) said, "Hamza bin 'Abdul Muttalib has done it. He is present in this house with some Ansari drinkers, a girl singer, and his friends. The singer said in her song, "O Hamza, get at the fat she-camels!" On hearing this, Hamza rushed to his sword and cut of the camels' humps and cut their flanks open and took out portions from their livers." Then I came to the Prophet, with whom Zaid bin Haritha was present. The Prophet noticed my state and asked, "What is the matter?" I said, "O Allah's Apostle, I have never experienced such a day as today! Hamza attacked my two she-camels, cut off their humps and cut their flanks open, and he is still present in a house along some drinkers." The Prophet asked for his cloak, put it on, and proceeded, followed by Zaid bin Haritha and myself, till he reached the house where Hamza was. He asked the permission to enter, and he was permitted. The Prophet started blaming Hamza for what he had done. Hamza was drunk and his eyes were red. He looked at the Prophet then raised his eyes to look at his knees and raised his eves more to look at his face and then said, "You are not but my father's slaves." When the Prophet understood that Hamza was drunk, he retreated, walking backwards went out and we left with him.
Another chance for the American muslim community to sober up, maybe? A delay in attacking?
I'm still rolling in the floor over this camel story......
My take on the camel story...just so people know why I am screaming and have tears in my eyes over this one...
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Ali parks his camel, and someone slashes open it's flanks and takes part of the liver of the animal. (yeccchhhhh)
(is this the same as a dark ages tire slashing incident?)
Further investigation by Ali reveals Hamza did it, and he is embroiled in one fierce party
( with dancing girls, liquor, etc..what a party animal)
Ali reports this to Muhammed, who confrnts Hamza and observes Hamza is blindly drunk and has the indications of extreme alcohol intoxication. Muhammed then calls him a slave and walks off in a huff.
(problem solved?...not!)
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Imagine the sharia policeman typing this report for the investigators to file...LOL