“A man called the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we used to sacrifice the
‘Atirah during the Ignorance days in Rajab,; what do you command us
to
do?’ He said: “Sacrifice to Allah whatever month it is, do
good for
the sake of Allah and feed (the poor).’ They said: ‘O
Messenger of
Allah, we used to sacrifice the Far’ah during the
Ignorance days; what
do you command us to do?’ He said: ‘For
every Sa’imah* (flock of
grazing animals), feed the firstborn as
you feed the rest of your
flock until it reaches an age where it
could be used to carry loads,
then sacrifice it, and give its meat in
charity’ – I** think he said –
‘to the wayfarer, for that is
good.’”
Chapter 3: If you slaughter then slaughter well - كتاب الذبائح
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ، عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ
" إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ كَتَبَ الإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ " .
It was
narrated from Shaddad bin Aws that the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) said:
“Allah has prescribed Al-Ihsan (proficiency) in all
things. So if
you kill, then kill well, and if you slaughter, then
slaughter well.
Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering
to the animal he
slaughters.”
Chapter 3: If you slaughter then slaughter well - كتاب الذبائح
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنُ أَخِي، حُسَيْنٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي قُرَّةُ بْنُ حَيْوَئِيلَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِحَدِّ الشِّفَارِ وَأَنْ تُوَارَى عَنِ الْبَهَائِمِ وَقَالَ
" إِذَا ذَبَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُجْهِزْ " .
حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُسَافِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَسْوَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِثْلَهُ .
It was
narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:
“The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) commanded that the blade should be sharpened, and hidden
from
the animals, and he said: ‘When one of you slaughters, let him do
it quickly.’”
Another chain reports the same.
“And certainly, the Shayatin
(devils)
do inspire their friends (from mankind).” [6:121] He said:
“They
used to say: ‘Whatever the Name of Allah has been mentioned
over,
do not eat it, and whatever the Name of Allah has not been
mentioned
over, eat it.’ Then Allah said: “Eat not of that over which
Allah’s Name has not been pronounced.’” [6:121]
It was
narrated from ‘Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, that some
people said:
“O Messenger of Allah, some people bring us meat, and
we
do not know whether the Name of Allah has been mentioned over it
or
not.” He said: “Say: Bismillah and eat.’ They were new in
Islam.
Chapter 5: With what animals may be slaughtered - كتاب الذبائح
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، سَمِعْتُ حَاضِرَ بْنَ مُهَاجِرٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، أَنَّ ذِئْبًا، نَيَّبَ فِي شَاةٍ فَذَبَحُوهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَرَخَّصَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي أَكْلِهَا .
It was
narrated from Zaid bin Thabit that a wolf bit a sheep, and
they
slaughtered it with a sharp-edged stone, and the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) allowed them to eat it.
“I said: ‘O Messenger of
Allah, we hunt game but we cannot find anything but the sharp edge of
a stone or stick (with which to slaughter it).’ He said: ‘Cause
the
blood to flow with whatever you want, and mention the Name of
Allah
over it.’”
“We were with the Prophet
(ﷺ) on a journey, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we are
(sometimes) on military campaigns, and we have no knife with us.’
He
said: ‘(Use) whatever causes the blood to flow, mention the Name
of
Allah and eat, but (do not use) teeth or nails, for the tooth is a
bone and the nail is the knife of the Ethiopians.”
Chapter 6: Skinning (the slaughtered animals) - كتاب الذبائح
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، - قَالَ عَطَاءٌ لاَ أَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ - أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مَرَّ بِغُلاَمٍ يَسْلُخُ شَاةً فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " تَنَحَّ حَتَّى أُرِيَكَ " . فَأَدْخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَدَهُ بَيْنَ الْجِلْدِ وَاللَّحْمِ فَدَحَسَ بِهَا حَتَّى تَوَارَتْ إِلَى الإِبْطِ وَقَالَ " يَا غُلاَمُ هَكَذَا فَاسْلُخْ " . ثُمَّ مَضَى وَصَلَّى لِلنَّاسِ وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ .
It was
narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) passed by a boy who was skinning a sheep. The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said to him:
“Step aside and I will show you how.”
The Messenger
of Allah (ﷺ) put his hand between the skin and the
flesh, and thrust
his arm in until it disappeared up to the armpit,
and said: “O boy,
this is how you skin it.” Then he went and led
the people in prayer
and did not perform Wudu’.
Chapter 7: Prohibition of slaughtering lactating animals - كتاب الذبائح
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَتَى رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَأَخَذَ الشَّفْرَةَ لِيَذْبَحَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوبَ " .
It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
came to
a man from among the Ansar who had picked up a knife to
slaughter an
animal for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ)
said to him:
“Avoid those that are lactating.” (i.e. those
from
which milk is received).
Chapter 7: Prohibition of slaughtering lactating animals - كتاب الذبائح
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ لَهُ وَلِعُمَرَ " انْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى الْوَاقِفِيِّ " . قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا فِي الْقَمَرِ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْحَائِطَ فَقَالَ مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلاً . ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الشَّفْرَةَ ثُمَّ جَالَ فِي الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " إِيَّاكَ وَالْحَلُوبَ " . أَوْ قَالَ " ذَاتَ الدَّرِّ " .
Abu
Hurairah narrated that Abu Bakr bin Abu Quhafah narrated that the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him and to ‘Umar:
“Let us go out
to
Waqifi.” He said: “So we went out in the moonlight until we
came to
the garden and he (the owner of the garden) said: ‘Welcome.’
Then he
took up the knife and went among the sheep (to choose one for
slaughter), and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Avoid those
that
are lactating.’”
Chapter 8: An animal slaughtered by a woman - كتاب الذبائح
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنٍ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، ذَبَحَتْ شَاةً بِحَجَرٍ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَلَمْ يَرَ بِهِ بَأْسًا .
It was
narrated from a son of Ka’b bin Malik, from his father, that a
woman slaughtered a sheep with a stone, and that was mentioned to the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but he did not see anything wrong with
that.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي سَفَرٍ فَنَدَّ بَعِيرٌ فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ
" إِنَّ لَهَا أَوَابِدَ - أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ - كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَمَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا فَاصْنَعُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا " .
It was
narrated that Rafi’ bin Khadij said:
“We were with the Prophet
(ﷺ) on a journey, and a camel ran away. A man shot an arrow at it
and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘It has the inclination to run away
like a
wild animal. If this happens to any of you, do likewise.’”
It was
narrated from Abu ‘Ushara’ that his father said:
“I said: ‘O
Messenger of Allah, should slaughtering only be done in the throat or
upper chest?’ He said: ‘If you stab it in the thigh that will
suffice
you.’”