[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "I saw 'Amr Al-Khuza'i dragging his staff in the fire, and he was the first to introduce the practice of impaling the captives." Ibn Al-Musayyib said, "The 'Wasilah' is a female camel that gives birth to a female camel first, then it gives birth to another female camel afterwards. They used to impale it for their false deities and call it 'Al-Hamah.' When one was connected to the other, there was no male in between them." Ibn Al-Musayyib also said, "The male camel used to strike a limited number of times with his thighs. When he completed his number of strikes, he would be handed over to the false deities and they would absolve him from carrying anything. They called him 'Al-Ham'."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ عَمْرًا الْخُزَاعِيَّ يَجُرُّ قُصْبَهُ فِي النَّارِ وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَيَّبَ السَّوَائِبَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَالْوَصِيلَةُ النَّاقَةُ الْبِكْرُ تُبَكِّرُ فِي أَوَّلِ نِتَاجِ الْإِبِلِ بِالْأُنْثَى ثُمَّ تُثَنِّي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِالْأُنْثَى وَكَانُوا يُسَيِّبُونَهَا لِطَوَاغِيتِهِمْ وَيَدْعُونَهَا الْوَصِيلَةَ؛ حِينَ وَصَلَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا بِالْأُخْرَى لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا ذَكَرٌ قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَالْحَامُ فَحْلُ الْإِبِلِ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ الضِّرَابَ الْمَعْدُودَ فَإِذَا قَضَى ضِرَابَهُ دَعَوْهُ لِلطَّوَاغِيتِ وَأَعْفَوْهُ مِنَ الْحَمْلِ فَلَمْ يَحْمِلُوا عَلَيْهِ شَيْئًا وَسَمَّوْهُ الْحَامَ