I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I let loose my hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending
it." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If you let loose your hound after a game and you mention Allah's Name on
sending it and the hound catches and kills the game and eats of it, then you should not eat of it, for it
has killed it for itself." I said, "Sometimes when I send my hound after a game, I find another hound
along with it and I do not know which of them has caught the game." He said, "You must not eat of it
because you have not mentioned, the Name of Allah except on sending your own hound, and you did
not mention it on the other hound." Then I asked him about the game hunted with a Mi'rad (i.e. a
sharp edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting).
He said, "If the game is killed with its sharp edge, you can eat of it, but if it is killed by its broad side
(shaft), you cannot eat of it, for then it is like an animal beaten to death with a piece of wood."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 394
Hadith 5487
Chapter 10: What have been said about hunting - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated Adi Bin Hatim:
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ بَيَانٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ إِنَّا قَوْمٌ نَتَصَيَّدُ بِهَذِهِ الْكِلاَبِ. فَقَالَ
" إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كِلاَبَكَ الْمُعَلَّمَةَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ، فَكُلْ مِمَّا أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكَ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ الْكَلْبُ، فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَإِنْ خَالَطَهَا كَلْبٌ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا، فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ ".
I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "We hunt with these hounds." He said, "If you send your trained hounds after
a game and mention Allah's Name on sending, you can eat of what they catch for you. But if the
hound eats of the game, then you must not eat of it, for I am afraid that the hound caught it for itself,
and if another hound joins your hounds (during the hunt), you should not eat of the game."
I came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We are living in the land of the people of the
Scripture and we take our meals in their utensils, and in the land there is game and I hunt with my bow
and trained or untrained hounds; please tell me what is lawful for us of that." He said, "As for your
saying that you are living in the land of the people of the Scripture and that you eat in their utensils, if
you can get utensils other than theirs, do not eat in their utensils, but if you do not find (other than
theirs), then wash their utensils and eat in them. As for your saying that you are in the land of game, if
you hung something with your bow, and have mentioned Allah's Name while hunting, then you can
eat (the game). And if you hunt something with your trained hound, and have mentioned Allah's
Name on sending it for hunting then you can eat (the game). But if you hunt something with your
untrained hound and you were able to slaughter it before its death, you can eat of it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 396
Hadith 5489
Chapter 10: What have been said about hunting - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَنْفَجْنَا أَرْنَبًا بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ، فَسَعَوْا عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى لَغِبُوا، فَسَعَيْتُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى أَخَذْتُهَا، فَجِئْتُ بِهَا إِلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِوَرِكِهَا وَفَخِذَيْهَا فَقَبِلَهُ.
We provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran till it started jumping. My companions chased it till they got
tired. But I alone ran after it and caught it and brought it to Abu Talha. He sent both its legs to the
Prophet who accepted them.
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Hadith 5490
Chapter 10: What have been said about hunting - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated Abu Qatada:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، مَوْلَى أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِبَعْضِ طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ تَخَلَّفَ مَعَ أَصْحَابٍ لَهُ مُحْرِمِينَ، وَهْوَ غَيْرُ مُحْرِمٍ، فَرَأَى حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا، فَاسْتَوَى عَلَى فَرَسِهِ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَ أَصْحَابَهُ أَنْ يُنَاوِلُوهُ سَوْطًا، فَأَبَوْا فَسَأَلَهُمْ رُمْحَهُ فَأَبَوْا فَأَخَذَهُ ثُمَّ شَدَّ عَلَى الْحِمَارِ، فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَبَى بَعْضُهُمْ، فَلَمَّا أَدْرَكُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ
" إِنَّمَا هِيَ طُعْمَةٌ أَطْعَمَكُمُوهَا اللَّهُ ".
that once he was with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (on the way to Mecca). When he had covered some of the way
to Mecca, he and some companions of his, who were in the state of lhram. remained behind the
Prophet while Abu Qatada himself was not in the state of Ihram. Abu Qatada, seeing an onager rode
his horse and asked his companions to hand him a whip, but they refused. He then asked them to hand
him his spear, but they refused. Then he took it himself and attacked the onager and killed it. Some of
the Companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ate of it, but some others refused to eat. When they met Allah's
Apostle they asked him about that. He said, "It was meal given to you by Allah."
I was with the Prophet (on a journey) between Mecca and Medina, and all of them, (i.e. the Prophet (ﷺ)
and his companions) were in the state of Ihram, while I was not in that state. I was riding my horse
and I used to be fond of ascending mountains. So while I was doing so I noticed that the people were
looking at something. I went to see what it was, and behold it was an onager. I asked my companions,
"What is that?" They said, "We do not know." I said, "It is an onager.' They said, "It is what you have
seen." I had left my whip, so I said to them, "Hand to me my whip." They said, "We will not help you
in that (in hunting the onager)." I got down, took my whip and chased the animal (on my horse) and
did not stop till I killed it. I went to them and said, "Come on, carry it!" But they said, "We will not
even touch it." At last I alone carried it and brought it to them. Some of them ate of it and some
refused to eat of it. I said (to them), "I will ask the Prophet (ﷺ) about it (on your behalf)." When I met the
Prophet, I told him the whole story. He said to me, "Has anything of it been left with you?" I said,
"Yes." He said, "Eat, for it is a meal Allah has offered to you."
We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabt, and Abu 'Ubaida was
our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the sea threw a huge dead fish called Al-
`Anbar, the like of which had never been seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida
took one of its bones (and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it.
The Prophet (ﷺ) sent us as an army unit of three hundred warriors under the command of Abu 'Ubaida to
ambush a caravan of the Quraish. But we were struck with such severe hunger that we ate the Khabt
(desert bushes), so our army was called the Army of the Khabt. Then the sea threw a huge fish called
Al-`Anbar and we ate of it for half a month and rubbed our bodies with its fat till our bodies became
healthy. Then Abu Ubaida took one of its ribs and fixed it over the ground and a rider passed
underneath it. There was a man amongst us who slaughtered three camels when hunger became
severe, and he slaughtered three more, but after that Abu 'Ubaida forbade him to do so.
I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We are living in the land of the people of the
Scripture, and we take our meals in their utensils, and there is game in that land and I hunt with my
bow and with my trained hound and with my untrained hound." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "As for your saying
that you are in the land of people of the Scripture, you should not eat in their utensils unless you find
no alternative, in which case you must wash the utensils and then eat in them As for your saying that
you are in the land of game, if you hunt something with your bow, mention Allah's Name (while
hunting the game) and eat; and if you hunt something with your trained hound, mention Allah's Name
on sending and eat; and if you hunt something with your untrained hound and get it alive, slaughter it
and you can eat of it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 404
Hadith 5497
Chapter 14: The utensils of Magians and (eating) dead flesh - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated Salama bin Al-Aqwa':
حَدَّثَنَا الْمَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الأَكْوَعِ، قَالَ لَمَّا أَمْسَوْا يَوْمَ فَتَحُوا خَيْبَرَ أَوْقَدُوا النِّيرَانَ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " عَلَى مَا أَوْقَدْتُمْ هَذِهِ النِّيرَانَ ". قَالُوا لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الإِنْسِيَّةِ. قَالَ " أَهْرِيقُوا مَا فِيهَا، وَاكْسِرُوا قُدُورَهَا ". فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ نُهَرِيقُ مَا فِيهَا وَنَغْسِلُهَا. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَوْ ذَاكَ ".
In the evening of the day of the conquest of Khaibar, the army made fires (for cooking). The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "For what have you made these fires?" They said, "For cooking the meat of domestic donkeys."
He said, "Throw away what is in the cooking pots and break the pots." A man from the people got up
and said, "Shall we throw the contents of the cooking pots and then wash the pots (instead of breaking
them)?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes, you can do either.'
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 405
Hadith 5498
Chapter 15: Mentioning Allah's Name on slaughtering an animal - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated Rafi` bin Khadij:
حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعٍ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ، فَأَصَابَ النَّاسَ جُوعٌ، فَأَصَبْنَا إِبِلاً وَغَنَمًا، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي أُخْرَيَاتِ النَّاسِ، فَعَجِلُوا فَنَصَبُوا الْقُدُورَ، فَدُفِعَ إِلَيْهِمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَ بِالْقُدُورِ فَأُكْفِئَتْ، ثُمَّ قَسَمَ فَعَدَلَ عَشَرَةً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ بِبَعِيرٍ، فَنَدَّ مِنْهَا بَعِيرٌ، وَكَانَ فِي الْقَوْمِ خَيْلٌ يَسِيرَةٌ فَطَلَبُوهُ فَأَعْيَاهُمْ، فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْبَهَائِمِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ، فَمَا نَدَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاصْنَعُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا ". قَالَ وَقَالَ جَدِّي إِنَّا لَنَرْجُو ـ أَوْ نَخَافُ ـ أَنْ نَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا، وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى، أَفَنَذْبَحُ بِالْقَصَبِ فَقَالَ " مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلْ، لَيْسَ السِّنَّ وَالظُّفُرَ، وَسَأُخْبِرُكُمْ عَنْهُ، أَمَّا السِّنُّ عَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ ".
We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) in Dhul-Hulaifa and there the people were struck with severe hunger. Then
we got camels and sheep as war booty (and slaughtered them). The Prophet (ﷺ) was behind all the people.
The people hurried and fixed the cooking pots (for cooking) but the Prophet (ﷺ) came there and ordered
that the cooking pots be turned upside down. Then he distributed the animals, regarding ten sheep as
equal to one camel. One of the camels ran away and there were a few horses with the people. They
chased the camel but they got tired, whereupon a man shot it with an arrow whereby Allah stopped it.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Among these animals some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them runs away
from you, treat it in this way." I said. "We hope, or we are afraid that tomorrow we will meet the
enemy and we have no knives, shall we slaughter (our animals) with canes?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If the
killing tool causes blood to gush out and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughterer animal).
But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I am telling you why: A tooth is a bone, and the nail is the
knife of Ethiopians."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 406
Hadith 5499
Chapter 16: Animals sacrificed on An-Nusub and for the idols - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ ـ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُخْتَارِ ـ أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ بِأَسْفَلِ بَلْدَحٍ، وَذَاكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُنْزَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْوَحْىُ، فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُفْرَةً فِيهَا لَحْمٌ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي لاَ آكُلُ مِمَّا تَذْبَحُونَ عَلَى أَنْصَابِكُمْ، وَلاَ آكُلُ إِلاَّ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that he met Zaid bin `Amr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this had happened
before Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) received the Divine Inspiration. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) presented a dish of meat (that
had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin `Amr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to
the pagans), "I do not eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that
on which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 407
Hadith 5500
Chapter 17: "So slaughter by mentioning the Name of Allah." - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated Jundub bin Sufyan Al-Bajali:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ الأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ جُنْدَبِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ الْبَجَلِيِّ، قَالَ ضَحَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أُضْحِيَّةً ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَإِذَا أُنَاسٌ قَدْ ذَبَحُوا ضَحَايَاهُمْ قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ رَآهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ذَبَحُوا قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ فَقَالَ
" مَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ الصَّلاَةِ فَلْيَذْبَحْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى، وَمَنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَذْبَحْ حَتَّى صَلَّيْنَا فَلْيَذْبَحْ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ ".
Once during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) we offered some animals as sacrifices. Some people
slaughtered their sacrifices before the (Id) prayer, so when the Prophet (ﷺ) finished his prayer, he saw that
they had slaughtered their sacrifices before the prayer. He said, "Whoever has slaughtered (his
sacrifice) before the prayer, should slaughter (another sacrifice) in lieu of it; and whoever has not yet
slaughtered it till we have prayed; should slaughter (it) by mentioning Allah's Name."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 408
Hadith 5501
Chapter 18: The instruments that cause the blood to gush out - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated Ka`b:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، سَمِعَ ابْنَ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، يُخْبِرُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ جَارِيَةً لَهُمْ كَانَتْ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا بِسَلْعٍ، فَأَبْصَرَتْ بِشَاةٍ مِنْ غَنَمِهَا مَوْتًا، فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا، فَقَالَ لأَهْلِهِ لاَ تَأْكُلُوا حَتَّى آتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَسْأَلَهُ، أَوْ حَتَّى أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يَسْأَلُهُ. فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَوْ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأَكْلِهَا.
that a slave girl of theirs used to shepherd some sheep at Si'a (a mountain near Medina). On seeing
one of her sheep dying, she broke a stone and slaughtered it. Ka`b said to his family, "Do not eat (of
it) till I go to the Prophet (ﷺ) and ask him, or, till I send someone to ask him." So he went to the Prophet (ﷺ)
or sent someone to him The Prophet (ﷺ) permitted (them) to eat it.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 409
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Chapter 18: The instruments that cause the blood to gush out - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ أَخْبَرَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ جَارِيَةً، لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا لَهُ بِالْجُبَيْلِ الَّذِي بِالسُّوقِ وَهْوَ بِسَلْعٍ، فَأُصِيبَتْ شَاةٌ، فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا، فَذَكَرُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِأَكْلِهَا.
that Ka`b had a slave girl who used to graze his sheep on a small mountain, called "Sl'a", situated near
the market. Once a sheep was dying, so she broke a stone and slaughtered it with it. When they
mentioned that to the Prophet, he, permitted them to eat it.
that he said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We have no knife." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "if the killing tool causes blood
to gush out, and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughtered animal). But do not slaughter
with a nail or a tooth, for the nail is the knife of Ethiopians and a tooth is a bone." Suddenly a camel
ran away and it was stopped (with an arrow). The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "Of these camels there are some
which are as wild as wild beasts; so if one of them runs away from you and you cannot catch it, treat it
in this manner (i.e. shoot it with an arrow).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 412
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Chapter 19: The animal slaughtered by a lady - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated Mu`adh bin Sa`d or Sa`d bin Mu`adh:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ـ أَوْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ ـ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ جَارِيَةً لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ كَانَتْ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا بِسَلْعٍ، فَأُصِيبَتْ شَاةٌ مِنْهَا، فَأَدْرَكَتْهَا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِحَجَرٍ، فَسُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ
" كُلُوهَا ".
A slave girl belonging to Ka`b used to graze some sheep at Sl'a (mountain). Once one of her sheep
was dying. She reached it (before it died) and slaughtered it with a stone. The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, and
he said, "Eat it."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 414
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Chapter 21: The animals slaughtered by Bedouins or the like - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ الْمَدَنِيُّ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ قَوْمًا، قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَأْتُونَا بِاللَّحْمِ لاَ نَدْرِي أَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ لاَ فَقَالَ
" سَمُّوا عَلَيْهِ أَنْتُمْ وَكُلُوهُ ". قَالَتْ وَكَانُوا حَدِيثِي عَهْدٍ بِالْكُفْرِ. تَابَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَنِ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ. وَتَابَعَهُ أَبُو خَالِدٍ وَالطُّفَاوِيُّ.
A group of people said to the Prophet, "Some people bring us meat and we do not know whether they
have mentioned Allah's Name or not on slaughtering the animal." He said, "Mention Allah's Name on
it and eat." Those people had embraced Islam recently.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 415
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Chapter 22: The animals slaughtered by the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) - كتاب الذبائح والصيد
Narrates `Abdullah bin Mughaffal:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا مُحَاصِرِينَ قَصْرَ خَيْبَرَ، فَرَمَى إِنْسَانٌ بِجِرَابٍ فِيهِ شَحْمٌ، فَنَزَوْتُ لآخُذَهُ، فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْهُ.
While we were besieging the castle of Khaibar, Somebody threw a skin full of fat and I went ahead to
take it, but on looking behind, I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) and I felt shy in his presence (and did not take it).
I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We are going to face the enemy tomorrow and we do not have knives." He
said, "Hurry up (in killing the animal). If the killing tool causes blood to flow out, and if Allah's Name
is mentioned, eat (of the slaughtered animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I will tell you
why: As for the tooth, it is a bone; and as for the nail, it is the knife of Ethiopians." Then we got some
camels and sheep as war booty, and one of those camels ran away, whereupon a man shot it with an
arrow and stopped it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Of these camels there are some which are as wild as wild
beasts, so if one of them (runs away and) makes you tired, treat it in this manner."