عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رضي الله عنهما، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ  يَقُولُ عَامَ الفَتْحِ وَهُوَ بِمَكَّةَ:  «إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ حَرَّمَ بَيْعَ الخَمْرِ،  وَالْمَيْتَةِ،  وَالخِنْزِيرِ،  وَالأَصْنَامِ»،  فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ شُحُومَ الْمَيْتَةِ؛ فَإِنَّهَا يُطْلَى بِهَا السُّفُنُ، وَيُدْهَنُ بِهَا الجُلُودُ، وَيَسْتَصْبِحُ بِهَا النَّاسُ؟ فَقَالَ: «لَا، هُوَ حَرَامٌ»،  ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ: «قَاتَلَ اللَّهُ اليَهُودَ؛ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَّا حَرَّمَ شُحُومَهَا، جَمَلُوهُ، ثُمَّ بَاعُوهُ، فَأَكَلُوا ثَمَنَهُ»

Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh narrated that he heard God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) say when in Makkah during the Year of Victory: 

1. God and His Messenger have forbidden the sale of wine,  2. carrion,  3. pork  4. and idols.  5. People said: ‘Messenger of God, the fat of carrion is used as a coating for boats, varnishing hide and people use it in their lanterns?’ The Prophet said: ‘No. It is forbidden’.  6. God’s Messenger then said: ‘May God curse the Jews. When God, Mighty and Exalted, forbade them the fat of carrion, they melted it and sold it, devouring its price’. 

Related by al-Bukhari, 2236; Muslim, 1581.

Abu ‘Abdullāh Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn Ḥarām al-Anṣārī

Abu ‘Abdullāh Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn Ḥarām al-Anṣārī belonged to the Salimah clan of the Anṣār. He attended the second pledge given by the Anṣār to the Prophet at Aqabah. He was a youth at the time, accompanying his father who was one of the twelve representatives. His father took part in the battles of Badr and Uḥud. It is reported that Jābir took part in the Battle of Ṣiffīn alongside ‘Alī ibn Abi Ṭālib. He was the mufti of Madinah during his lifetime. He died in Year 78 AH, 698 CE. Thus, he was the last survivor of the Prophet’s companions who attended the second Aqabah pledge of the Anṣār. 

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