Did the Prophet of God, Solomon, slaughter horses?!

 Someone mocked the infallibility of the prophets that Muslims believe in, so he said about the Prophet of God, Solomon:

Is this a prophet or a butcher that he slaughters horses that have no sin because they are busy with him during the afternoon prayer?! What is the sin of these horses?!

He related this by saying: “And We bestowed upon David Solomon, what an excellent servant! Indeed, he was one who frequently turned back [to God]. ” (30) When the fine, steeds were shown to him in the evening, (31) And he said, “Indeed, I have loved the love of good from the remembrance of my Lord until they are hidden behind the veil. (32) Return them to me.” So he began to stroke their legs and necks . (33)” (Sad).


The response to the doubt first: The general understanding of the verses is that Allah, the Exalted, praises Solomon, the Almighty, as a good servant, who often returned to his Lord. He, the Almighty, was passionate about jihad in the way of Allah to support His religion and defend the oppressed... He was interested in preparing horses for that, and one day, in the evening (afternoon) he was shown the fast horses, meaning the swift horses. It is possible that he inherited them from his father, David, the Almighty, so they were shown to him, as stated by Wahb ibn Munabbih and Muqatil. Or he raided an army, won it and captured them, so he called for them and they were shown to him, as stated by Ibn al-Sa’ib. Their number differed according to four opinions mentioned by Ibn al-Jawzi, may Allah have mercy on him, in his interpretation of Zad al-Masir: One of them: thirteen thousand, as stated by Wahb. The second: twenty thousand, as stated by Sa’id ibn Masruq. The third: A thousand horses, as stated by Ibn al-Sa’ib and Muqatil. The fourth: Twenty horses, and we have mentioned it from Ibrahim al-Taymi. Ibn Kathir - may Allah have mercy on him - says in his interpretation: More than one of the early Muslims and commentators mentioned that he was busy with its display until the time for the ‘Asr prayer passed. What is certain is that he did not leave it intentionally, but rather out of forgetfulness, just as the Prophet was busy on the day of the Trench from the ‘Asr prayer until he prayed it after sunset. This is proven in the two Sahihs from more than one source, including that from Jabir, who said: ‘Umar came on the day of the Trench after the sun had set, and he began to curse the infidels of Quraysh, and he said: O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I almost did not pray the ‘Asr prayer until the sun was almost setting. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘By Allah, I did not pray it.’ So we went to Buthan, and he performed ablution for the prayer, and we performed ablution for it, and he prayed the ‘Asr prayer after the sun had set, then he prayed the Maghrib prayer after it. It is possible that it was permissible in their religion to delay the prayer for the excuse of conquest and fighting. And horses are meant for fighting. A group of scholars claimed that this was permissible, so it was abrogated by the prayer of fear. Some of them went to that in the case of combat and harassment, where it is not possible to pray, bow, or prostrate, as the Companions did in the conquest of Tustar. This was transmitted from Makhul, Al-Awza’i, and others, and the first is closer, because he said after that: “ Return it to me .” So he began to wipe his shins and necks. Ah , secondly: After I have explained the general understanding of the verses - thanks be to God - we still have the doubt raised about the action of Solomon, peace be upon him, I mean: What did Solomon, peace be upon him, do with the horses when they delayed him from the afternoon prayer: “Then he said, ‘Indeed, I have loved the love of good rather than the remembrance of my Lord until they were hidden by the veil. (32) Return them to me.’ So he began to stroke their legs and necks. ” (33) (Sad).















I said: The apparent meaning of His statement, the Most High: “Return them to me.” So he began to wipe their legs and necks,

has two possible meanings: The first: That he wiped the sweat from them out of love for them. This is what Ibn Kathir mentioned in his interpretation, saying: Ali ibn Abi Talhah said on the authority of Ibn Abbas: He began to wipe the horses’ manes and their hocks, their ropes. End quote. Ibn Hazm - may God have mercy on him - said in his book Al-Milal wa’l-Nihal: This is a fabricated, false, ridiculous and cold myth that has collected many types of speech. It appears that it was invented by a heretic without a doubt, because it includes punishing horses that have no tail, mutilating them, and destroying useful wealth without meaning, and attributing the neglect of prayer to a sent prophet, then punishing the horse for its sin, not for its sin. This is something that a seven-year-old boy would not accept, let alone a sent prophet. The meaning of this verse is clear and obvious, which is that…  He said that he loved the love of goodness for the sake of remembering his Lord until the sun was hidden by the veil or until those purebred horses were hidden by their veil. Then he ordered them to be returned, so he began to wipe their legs and necks with his hand out of kindness to them and honoring them. This is the apparent meaning of the verse that does not bear any other meaning. It does not contain any reference at all to what they mentioned about killing horses and disrupting prayer. All of this has been said by trustworthy Muslims, so how is it that there is no proof in the statement of anyone other than the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him? The second: That he slaughtered it out of anger for Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, because it delayed him from the afternoon prayer. This is what Ibn Kathir also mentioned in his interpretation, saying: Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: He said: No, by Allah, do not distract me from the worship of my Lord. This is the last thing you have to do. Then he ordered it to be hamstrung. And Qatada said the same. Al-Suddi said: He struck their necks and hocks with swords. Then Ibn Kathir responds to Ibn Jarir’s preference in the first statement: He says: This which Ibn Jarir preferred is questionable. Because in their law it may be permissible to do something like this, especially if it was out of anger for the sake of Allah the Almighty because he was busy with it until the time for prayer had passed. For this reason, when he left it for the sake of Allah the Almighty, Allah the Almighty compensated him with something better than it, which is the wind that blows gently by His command, as its morning and evening are a month long. This is faster and better than horses. Imam Ahmad said: Ismail told us, Sulayman ibn al-Mughira told us, on the authority of Humayd ibn Hilal, on the authority of Abu Qatadah and Abu al-Dahma’ - and they used to travel to the House a lot - they said: We came upon a man from the desert, so the Bedouin said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) took my hand and began to teach me from what Allah the Almighty had taught him and said: “You do not leave anything out of fear of Allah the Almighty except that Allah gives you something better than it.” I said: There is no authentic hadith about this issue that explains to us the true interpretation of the noble verses, so both interpretations are acceptable as follows: First: The first interpretation: There is no problem with it at all. Second: The second interpretation: Some people may think that horses are blameless, so how could an honorable prophet like Solomon (peace be upon him) slaughter them?! The answer: There is no problem with Solomon (peace be upon him) slaughtering horses; he slaughtered them to feed the poor and needy of his time, and this is a praiseworthy act from this honorable prophet for which he is praised, and there is no offense to him as the objectors understood. If it is said: Were the horses that the Prophet of God, Solomon, slaughtered eaten? I say: Horses are eaten in our law, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) permitted them.



















r to his companions, and that is in Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book (Slaughtering), Chapter (Horse Meat), No. 5096, on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Prophet forbade the meat of donkeys on the day of Khaybar and permitted the meat of horses.
Based on that, it is possible that horse meat was permissible to eat during the time of Solomon, so he fed some of it to the poor...
And what indicates what we have mentioned above is what Ibn Al-Jawzi said in his interpretation Zad Al-Masir after presenting the statements of the commentators: If it is said: The first statement is invalidated because the animal was not guilty, so how did he direct the punishment at it? And he intended to take revenge by killing it, and this is similar to the actions of tyrants, not the actions of the prophets? The answer is: He would not have done that unless it was permitted to him, and it is permissible for him to be permitted what is forbidden in our law, provided that if he slaughtered it, it would be a sacrifice, and eating its meat is permissible, so there was no negligence. End quote.
Benefit: The punishment is of the same kind as the action. When Solomon (peace be upon him) slaughtered the horses out of anger for Allah and as an offering to Him by feeding the poor... Allah replaced them with something better and made the wind faster so that he could ride it wherever he wanted... Allah (peace be upon him) says: And to Solomon We subjected the wind, its morning blowing was a month and its evening blowing was a month...(12) (Saba’),
and it is authentically reported from our Prophet (peace be upon him) as in Musnad Ahmad, No. 19813, he said: “You will not leave anything out of fear of Allah (peace be upon him) except that Allah will give you something better than it.” Shu’ayb al-Arna’ut’s comment: Its chain of transmission is authentic.

Third: The one who looks at the Holy Bible finds that the Lord commanded his prophets to kill innocent animals... This came in the following:

1- The First Book of Samuel, Chapter 15, Verse 3 “Now go and attack the Amalekites, and utterly destroy all that they have. Do not spare them, but put to death man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.”!!
I wonder: What is the sin of the ox, sheep, camel, and donkey that they should be killed....?!

2- Hosea 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword. No comment!

3- Deuteronomy 13:15 You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and you shall utterly destroy it and all that is in it, with its livestock, with the edge of the sword. 16You shall gather all its stuff into the middle of its street and burn the city with fire, with all its stuff, to the Lord your God. It shall be a heap forever, never to be rebuilt again. No comment!

4- The Gospel of Mark attributes to Jesus Christ that he killed two thousand pigs when he cast out demons from a man and they entered the pigs, then he drowned them in the sea...This came in chapter five, verse
1And they came across the sea to the country of the Gerasenes. 2And when he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3whose dwelling was among the tombs, and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains, 4for he had often been bound with fetters and chains; and he cut the chains asunder, and brake the fetters in pieces, and no one was able to tame him. 5And he was continually night and day in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6And when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him, 7and cried out with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8For he said to him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9And he asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” 10And he begged him earnestly that he would not send them out of the country. 11And there was there, on the hillside, a large herd of pigs feeding, 12And all the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter them.” 13And Jesus immediately gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the cliff into the sea. There were about two thousand, and they were drowned in the sea. !!

I wonder: What was the sin of these innocent pigs that Jesus killed, which were about two thousand, and they were drowned in the sea?! Fourth: The Holy Bible attributes to the Prophet Solomon  that he killed his older brother Adonijah, for the sake of the king; Because Adonijah was older and had the right to the kingdom over him, he killed him. We find this in the First Book of Kings, Chapter 2, Verse 23: “So God will do to me, and even more so, for Adonijah has spoken this word against himself. 24 Now, as the Lord lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of my father David, and who has made me a house just as he promised, Adonijah will be put to death today.” 25Then King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, so he died.!! I said: This description that the Holy Book gives to the Prophet of God Solomon, is he a prophet or a butcher; killing his brother for the sake of a kingdom, for the sake of a fleeting world, but rather a butcher would not do that to his brother, so he is more honorable than what the Holy Book described him as!