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The mule

البغل

'That you may ride them and as adornment': God created for you livestock, horses, mules and donkeys; Malik held that horses, mules and donkeys are not eaten; and al-Buraq is a beast smaller than a mule and larger than a donkey.

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 1435· Nasa'i 448 — The Ascension and the prayers: I have upheld My command and lightened it for My servants· Qur'an 16:8
Related to
Al-Buraq· The horse· The donkey

People and things also explored

Muwatta 1435· Al-Buraq· The donkey· The horse· Nasa'i 448 — The Ascension and the prayers: I have upheld My command and lightened it for My servants· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)· Bukhari 3207 — The Isra and Mi'raj hadith· Bukhari 3303 — The rooster's crow: it saw an angel

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “The mule”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/mule/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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