The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 813 (#Ḥadīth #1)

1- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عِظَامِ الْفِيلِ يَحِلُّ بَيْعُهُ أَوْ شِرَاؤُهُ الَّذِي يُجْعَلُ مِنْهُ الأمْشَاطُ فَقَالَ لا بَأْسَ قَدْ كَانَ لأبِي مِنْهُ مُشْطٌ أَوْ أَمْشَاطٌ.

1. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from ‘Abd al-Hamid ibn Sa‘d who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ibrahim , about the bones of elephants; if it was permissible to sell or buy the combs which were made thereof. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful. My father , had such a comb or combs.”’

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