Chapters on Slaughtering
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Chapter 1: `Aqiqah
“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say:‘Onbehalf of a boy, two sheep of equal age and on behalf of a girlonesheep.’”
Chapter 2: The far`ah and the `atirah
“Thereisno Far’ah and no ‘Atirah.”
Chapter 4: Mentioning the name of Allah when slaughtering
“O Messenger of Allah, some people bring us meat, andwedo not know whether the Name of Allah has been mentioned over itornot.” He said: “Say: Bismillah and eat.’ They were new inIslam.
Chapter 5: With what animals may be slaughtered
“I slaughtered tworabbitswith a sharp-edges stone and brought them to the Prophet(ﷺ), andhe told me to eat them.”
Chapter 10: Prohibition of tying up animals (and killing them) and mutilation
“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) forbade mutilating animals.”
‘Do not take anything with a soul as a target.”
Chapter 11: The prohibition of the meat of Jallalah
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade the meat and milk of Al-Jallalah.”*
Chapter 12: Horse meat
“Atthe time of Khaibar we ate horses and wild donkeys.”
Chapter 13: The flesh of domesticated donkeys
“I asked ‘Abdullah binAbuAwfa about the flesh of domesticated donkeys and he said: ‘We werestarving on the Day of Khaibar, when we were with the Prophet (ﷺ).The people had gotten some donkeys as spoils of war on the way outfrom Al-Madinah, so we slaughtered them and our cooking pots wereboiling when the caller of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cried out,telling us to overturn out pots and not to eat anything of the fleshof donkeys. So we overturned them.’ I said to ‘Abdullah bin AbuAwfa:‘Was it made unlawful?’ He said: ‘We think that theMessenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade it altogether because it eatsexcrement.’”
Chapter 15: The fetus is considered legally slaughtered with the legal slaughtering of its mother
“We asked the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) about the fetus. He said: ‘Eat it if you wish, for it isconsidered legally slaughtered with the slaughtering of its mother.’”
Chapter 1: `Aqiqah
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commanded us to sacrifice two sheep for a boy’s ‘Aqiqah and onesheepfor a girl.”
Chapter 4: Mentioning the name of Allah when slaughtering
“And certainly, the Shayatin(devils)do inspire their friends (from mankind).” [6:121] He said:“Theyused to say: ‘Whatever the Name of Allah has been mentionedover,do not eat it, and whatever the Name of Allah has not beenmentionedover, eat it.’ Then Allah said: “Eat not of that over whichAllah’s Name has not been pronounced.’” [6:121]
Chapter 5: With what animals may be slaughtered
It wasnarrated from Zaid bin Thabit that a wolf bit a sheep, andtheyslaughtered it with a sharp-edged stone, and the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) allowed them to eat 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.’Hesaid: ‘(Use) whatever causes the blood to flow, mention the NameofAllah and eat, but (do not use) teeth or nails, for the tooth is abone and the nail is the knife of the Ethiopians.”
Chapter 10: Prohibition of tying up animals (and killing them) and mutilation
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)forbade tying up animals.”
Chapter 13: The flesh of domesticated donkeys
It wasnarrated from Miqdam bin Ma’dikarib Al-Kindi that theMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) forbade several things, until he mentioned(the meat of)domesticated donkeys.
“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) commanded us to throw away the meat of domesticated donkeys,rawor cooked, then he did not say anything to us about it afterthat.”
Chapter 14: The meat of mules
“Weused to eat the meat of horses.” I said: “And mules?” He said:“No.”
Chapter 1: `Aqiqah
“For a boy there should be an ‘Aqiqah, so shed blood for him andremove the harm from him.”
“Every boyismortgaged by his ‘Aqiqah, so slaughter for him on the seventh day,and shave his head, and name him.”