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Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Halabi said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about this verse: لَیَبْلُوَنَّکُمُ اللهُ بِشَیْءٍ مِنَ الصَّیْدِ تَنَالُهُ أَیْدِیکُمْ وَرِمَاحُکُمْ [Allah will certainly try you in respect of some game which your hands and your lances can reach]. He said: "The game was gathered upon them from every side until it drew near to them, so that Allah might test them by means of it."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Muawiya ibn Ammar narrates: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said concerning this verse: لَیَبْلُوَنَّکُمُ اللهُ بِشَیْءٍ مِنَ الصَّیْدِ تَنَالُهُ أَیْدِیکُمْ وَرِمَاحُکُمْ [Allah will certainly try you in respect of some game which your hands and your lances can reach]: On the day of the Umrah of Hudaybiyya, the wild animals gathered near the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family), such that they came within reach of their hands and their spears.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Samaa'a narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) concerning this verse: لَیَبْلُوَنَّکُمُ اللهُ بِشَیْءٍ مِنَ الصَّیْدِ [Allah will certainly try you in respect of some game], that he said: "Allah tested them with the wild animals, which poured down upon them from every side."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Hariz narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that he said: "If a person in the state of ihram tramples on an egg and breaks it, it is obligatory upon him to pay its price [he must pay one dirham], and all of this must be given as sadaqa in Makkah and Mina, and this is the saying of Allah the Exalted: تَنَالُهُ أَیْدِیکُمْ وَرِمَاحُکُمْ [which your hands and your lances can reach]."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Hariz narrates from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that he said: "If a man in ihram kills a pigeon, he must sacrifice a sheep; and if he kills a chick, he must sacrifice a young camel; and if he breaks an egg [if he treads on an egg and breaks it], he must pay one dirham; and he must give this as charity in Makkah and Mina. This is the meaning of the words of Allah in the Quran, where He says: لَیَبْلُوَنَّکُمُ اللهُ بِشَیْءٍ مِنَ الصَّیْدِ تَنَالُهُ أَیْدِیکُمْ [Allah will certainly try you in respect of some game which your hands can reach] — meaning the eggs and the chicks. وَ رِمَاحُکُمْ [and your lances] — meaning their mothers, which are large."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir narrates that Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: ... "The words of Allah the Exalted: لَیَبْلُوَنَّکُمُ اللهُ بِشَیْءٍ مِنَ الصَّیْدِ تَنالُهُ أَیْدِیکُمْ وَ رِماحُکُمْ [Allah will certainly try you in respect of some game which your hands and your lances can reach], its [revelation] was during the Umrah of [the year of] Hudaybiyyah." And he said: "When Ibrahim (peace be upon him) departed from Arafat, he slept at Mash'ar al-Haram. And the baggage and travel provisions of those who go on Hajj — their guarantee is upon Allah, and when [the pilgrim] enters the Masjid al-Haram, Allah appoints two angels over him who preserve for him his tawaf, his prayer, and his sa'y. And when the night of Arafah comes, those two angels strike his right shoulder and say: 'As for what has passed, you have been made free of need; look now how you will be in what is to come.' [On the Day of Resurrection] the pilgrims are gathered in three groups: a group that is in the Fire, a group that comes out from his sins as on the day his mother bore him, and a group in whose family, wealth and children [Allah] takes His place as substitute — and this is the least of what he returns with [from Hajj]." He said: "Whoever remains in Makkah for a year, he is at the rank of the people of Makkah. And a man who has entered ihram does not ride in the covered howdah [which casts a shadow over the head], but a woman who has entered ihram may ride. Sacrificial camels are marked while they are lying down and are slaughtered while they are standing, and they are marked on the right side of their hump. And whenever the muhrim kills a locust, a handful of food becomes obligatory upon him, and if there were many, then slaughtering a sheep is obligatory upon him. And when a person finds a stray sacrificial animal, he should announce it on the Day of Sacrifice, the second day and the third day. Then he should slaughter it on behalf of its owner on the evening of the third day. And in the obligatory Hajj no obedience is due to the husband. And if it is the obligatory Hajj, a man may perform Hajj with zakat."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): [This verse] was revealed during the battle of Hudaybiyyah. Allah gathered the game upon them, and [the game] entered among the saddles of their horses and camels, so that Allah might try them — meaning, test them. And the words of Allah: لِیَعْلَمَ اللهُ مَنْ یَخافُهُ بِالْغَیْبِ [that Allah might know who fears Him in secret], relate to what was before that. But Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, does not punish anyone except with a proof and after the manifestation of the [obligatory] act.