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Sahih al-Bukhari 2507 (Book 47, Hadith 22) #2399
Slaughtering Animals with Respect

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) taught the people how to slaughter animals for food, and that they should use tools that make blood flow and mention Allah's name at the time of slaughtering.

Narrated Abaya bin Rifaa: My grandfather, Rafi' bin Khadij said, "We were in the valley of Dhul-Hulaifa of Tihama in the company of the Prophet and had some camels and sheep (of the booty). The people hurried (in slaughtering the animals) and put their meat in the pots and started cooking. Allah's Messenger came and ordered them to upset the pots, and distributed the booty considering one camel as equal to ten sheep. One of the camels fled and the people had only a few horses, so they got worried. (The camel was chased and) a man slopped the camel by throwing an arrow at it. Allah's Messenger said, 'Some of these animals are untamed like wild animals, so if anyone of them went out of your control, then you should treat it as you have done now'. " My grandfather said, "O Allah's Messenger ! We fear that we may meet our enemy tomorrow and we have no knives, could we slaughter the animals with reeds?" The Prophet said, "Yes, or you can use what would make blood flow (slaughter) and you can eat what is slaughtered and the Name of Allah is mentioned at the time of slaughtering. But don't use teeth or fingernails (in slaughtering). I will tell you why, as for teeth, they are bones, and fingernails are used by Ethiopians for slaughtering.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ مِنْ تِهَامَةَ، فَأَصَبْنَا غَنَمًا وَإِبِلاً، فَعَجِلَ الْقَوْمُ، فَأَغْلَوْا بِهَا الْقُدُورَ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُكْفِئَتْ، ثُمَّ عَدَلَ عَشْرًا مِنَ الْغَنَمِ بِجَزُورٍ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ بَعِيرًا نَدَّ وَلَيْسَ فِي الْقَوْمِ إِلاَّ خَيْلٌ يَسِيرَةٌ فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَحَبَسَهُ بِسَهْمٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْبَهَائِمِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ، فَمَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا فَاصْنَعُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قَالَ جَدِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَرْجُو ـ أَوْ نَخَافُ ـ أَنْ نَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى، فَنَذْبَحُ بِالْقَصَبِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اعْجَلْ أَوْ أَرْنِي، مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلُوا، لَيْسَ السِّنَّ وَالظُّفُرَ، وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ، وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ

TOPICS
slaughter  *  animal  *  food  *  respect  *  tools  *  qasasat  *  dhulhulaifa  *  tihama  *  naqalat

QUICK LESSONS:
Use tools which make blood flow while mentioning Allah's name at the time of slaugthering .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about how to properly slaughter animals for food. It was narrated by Abaya bin Rifaa, who said his grandfather, Rafi' bin Khadij was in a valley with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ when they had some camels and sheep as booty. The people started cooking their meat in pots but then the Prophet ﷺ came and ordered them to upset the pots so he could distribute it equally. One camel ran away so someone chased it down with an arrow and killed it. The Prophet ﷺ then explained that some animals are like wild animals so if one runs away you can treat it like this man did. He also said that if they didn't have knives they could use reeds or anything else that would make blood flow while mentioning Allah's name at the time of slaughtering. He also warned against using teeth or fingernails because those are used by Ethiopians for slaughtering instead of tools made specifically for this purpose.

This hadith teaches us several important values such as respect for life, justice, mercy towards animals, gratitude towards Allah’s blessings, moderation in consumption of resources etc.. We should remember these values whenever we eat meat or any other animal product such as dairy products or eggs etc.. We should be thankful to Allah for providing us with these resources but also remember not to take more than what we need from them out of respect for life itself.

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