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Sahih al-Bukhari 5544 (Book 72, Hadith 69) #5319
Slaughtering Animals with Instruments

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) taught that if a camel runs away, it can be stopped by shooting an arrow and that animals can be slaughtered with any instrument as long as Allah's Name is mentioned on slaughtering it.

Narrated Rafi' bin Khadij: While we were with the Prophet. on a journey, one of the camels ran away. A man shot it with an arrow and stopped it. The Prophet said, "Of these camels some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them runs away and you cannot catch it, then do like this (shoot it with an arrow)". I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Sometimes when we are in battles or on a journey we want to slaughter (animals) but we have no knives". He said, "Listen! If you slaughter the animal with anything that causes its blood to flow out, and if Allah's Name is mentioned on slaughtering it, eat of it, provided that the slaughtering instrument is not a tooth or a nail, as the tooth is a bone and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians".
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الطَّنَافِسِيُّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ فِي سَفَرٍ فَنَدَّ بَعِيرٌ مِنَ الإِبِلِ ـ قَالَ ـ فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ، قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ لَهَا أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَمَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا فَاصْنَعُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَكُونُ فِي الْمَغَازِي وَالأَسْفَارِ فَنُرِيدُ أَنْ نَذْبَحَ فَلاَ تَكُونُ مُدًى قَالَ ‏"‏ أَرِنْ مَا نَهَرَ ـ أَوْ أَنْهَرَ ـ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ فَكُلْ، غَيْرَ السِّنِّ وَالظُّفُرِ، فَإِنَّ السِّنَّ عَظْمٌ، وَالظُّفُرَ مُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ

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slaughter  *  animal  *  instrument  *  out  *  mentioned  *  qasasah  *  dhabh  *  dhakar  *  nailah

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect all living creatures, Mention Allah's name before taking their lives, Use appropriate tools for different tasks so we do not cause unnecessary harm or pain to others.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith explains the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ regarding the slaughter of animals. He taught that when a camel runs away, it can be stopped by shooting an arrow and that animals can be slaughtered with any instrument as long as Allah's Name is mentioned on slaughtering it. The Prophet ﷺ also specified that instruments such as teeth or nails should not be used for slaughtering because they are considered bones or knives of Ethiopians respectively. This hadith teaches us to respect all living creatures and to remember Allah’s name when we are about to take their lives for our own benefit. It also reminds us to use appropriate tools for different tasks so we do not cause unnecessary harm or pain to others.

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