Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allaah be pleased with them) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying in the Year of Victory while he was in Mecca: Verily Allaah and His Messenger have forbidden the sale of wine, carcass, swine and idols, It was said: Allaah's Messenger, you see that the fat of the carcass is used for coating the boats and varnishing the hides and people use it for lighting purposes, whereupon he said: No, it is forbidden, Then Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: May Allaah the Exalted and Majestic destroy the Jews; when Allaah forbade the use of fat of the carcass for them, they melted it, and then sold it and made use of its price (received from it).
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