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al-Maydani; Kitab Majma al-Amthal
(Book of Collected Proverbs) (d1124)
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Taken from: Marcel Devic: Le pays des Zendjs
When hungry; the Zendj steals; when satisfied the Zendj violates.(1)
Taken from: http://www.madinahnet.com/books27/مجمع-الأمثال-صفحة1927
It is a compound of different kinds but it is not from the land of the Arabs, a giraffe, in that the land of Nubia the domestic camel mates with the hyena and is born something between the hyena and the camel, if this child is female and mates with a wild oryx the giraffe is born, if the child is male, it impregnates an oryx antelope and a giraffe is born.
(1) This hadith is repeated by: Ibn Uday Al-Jurjani, (d976) Ibn Iraq (1036); al Maydani (1124); al Dhahabi (1348); al Abshihi (1450); al Sakhawi (1497); Suyuti (1505); (and many others).