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Sahih Muslim 1968a (Book 35, Hadith 29) #12197
The Importance of Reciting Allah's Name While Slaughtering Animals

SUMMARY: This hadith explains the importance of reciting Allah's name while slaughtering animals and why it is not permissible to use tooth or nail for this purpose.

Rafi' b. Khadij is reported to have said: Allah's Messenger, we are going to encounter the enemy tomorrow, but we have no knives with us. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: Make haste or be careful (in making arrangements for procuring knives) which would let the blood flow (and along with it) the name of Allah is also to be recited. Then eat, but not the tooth or nail. And I am going to tell you why it is not permissible to slaughter the animal with the help of tooth and bone; and as for the nail. it is a bone, and the bone is the knife of Abyssinians. He (the narrator) said: There fell to our lot as spoils of war camels and goats, and one of the camels among them became wild. A person (amongst us) struck It with an arrow which brought it under control. whereupon Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: This camel became wild like wild animals, so if you find any animal getting wild, you do the same with that
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لاَقُو الْعَدُوِّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَتْ مَعَنَا مُدًى قَالَ ﷺ ‏"‏ أَعْجِلْ أَوْ أَرْنِي مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ فَكُلْ لَيْسَ السِّنَّ وَالظُّفُرَ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكَ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَأَصَبْنَا نَهْبَ إِبِلٍ وَغَنَمٍ فَنَدَّ مِنْهَا بَعِيرٌ فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏"‏ إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الإِبِلِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَإِذَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ فَاصْنَعُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا
TOPICS
slaughter  *  animal  *  recite  *  knife  *  blood  *  dhabh  *  fajir  *  shuja  *  tahdhib  *  abyssinians

QUICK LESSONS:
Make haste in procuring knives which would let the blood flow and recite Allah’s name at the same time while sacrificing an animal according to Islamic teachings .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith explains the importance of reciting Allah's name while slaughtering animals and why it is not permissible to use tooth or nail for this purpose. It is narrated by Rafi' b. Khadij that when they were about to encounter an enemy in a battle, they did not have knives with them so Allah's Messenger instructed them to make haste in procuring knives which would let the blood flow and recite Allah’s name at the same time. He also prohibited using tooth or nail for slaughtering animals as it was a practice among Abyssinians who used bones as knives instead of proper tools. Furthermore, he gave an example from their own experience when one of their camels became wild and was brought under control by striking it with an arrow which showed that if any animal gets wild then similar action should be taken against it too.

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