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What is the meaning of two white-and-black rams? Please advise me, may Allah reward you.

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The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sacrificed two horned rams that were amlah. A ram (kabsh) is a male sheep after it has grown. As for the term amlah, scholars have differed regarding its meaning. Some say it refers to pure white; others say it is white tinged with some black; some say it is white mixed with red; some say it is black with a reddish hue; some say it has both white and black, with white being predominant; some say it is white, with black layers within its wool; and some say it refers to an animal whose hair color is a mixture of black and white.

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