Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Safina reported: I ate the meat of a bustard with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Ibn ʿUmar reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating an animal that feeds on filth and drinking its milk. Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it. Abu Dawud’s version says: Riding an animal that feeds on filth was prohibited.

ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Shibl reported: The Prophet ﷺ forbade eating the meat of the dhabb. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ forbade eating cats and taking payment for them. Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi transmitted it.

He also reported that on the day of Khaybar the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared domestic donkeys, the meat of mules, every beast of prey with fangs, and every bird of prey with talons forbidden. Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it and said: This is an unusual hadith.

Khalid ibn al-Walid reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating the meat of horses, mules, and donkeys. Abu Dawud and al-Nasaʾi transmitted it.

He also reported: I went on campaign with the Prophet ﷺ on the day of Khaybar. The Jews came complaining that people had hastened to their vegetable gardens. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Take heed: the property of people under covenant is not lawful except by its due right.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Ibn ʿUmar reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Two kinds of carrion and two kinds of blood have been made lawful for us: the two carrion are fish and locusts, and the two bloods are the liver and spleen.’ Ahmad, Ibn Majah, and al-Daraqutni transmitted it.

Abu al-Zubayr reported from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Eat what the sea casts up and the water leaves behind; but do not eat what dies in it and floats.’ Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it. Muhyi al-Sunna said: Most scholars hold that it is mawquf on Jabir.

Salman reported: The Prophet ﷺ was asked about locusts and said: ‘They are among the greatest of Allah’s armies. I do not eat them, nor do I declare them forbidden.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Muhyi al-Sunna said: Weak.

Zayd ibn Khalid reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade reviling the rooster and said: ‘It calls to prayer.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.

He also reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Do not revile the rooster, for it wakes people for prayer.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.

ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla reported that Abu Layla said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If a snake appears in a dwelling, say to it: We ask you by the covenant of Noah and the covenant of Solomon son of David not to harm us. If it returns, then kill it.’ Al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.

ʿIkrima reported from Ibn ʿAbbas—though I only know this as a narration raised to the Prophet—that he used to order snakes to be killed and said: ‘Whoever leaves them alone for fear of their revenge is not one of us.’ It is transmitted in Sharh al-Sunna.

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Ever since we fought them, we have not made peace with them; whoever leaves any of them alone out of fear is not one of us.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Ibn Masʿud reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Kill all snakes. Whoever fears their retaliation is not one of me.’ Abu Dawud and al-Nasaʾi transmitted it.

Al-ʿAbbas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported: I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, we want to sweep Zamzam, but it contains some of these jinn’—meaning, small snakes. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that they be killed. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

ʿAbd Allah ibn Masʿud, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Kill all snakes except the white jinn, which is like a silver rod.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘If a fly falls into one of your vessels, immerse it, for on one of its wings is a disease and on the other a cure. It protects itself with the wing that has the disease, so immerse it completely.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Abu Saʿid al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, reported from the Prophet ﷺ: ‘If a fly falls into food, immerse it, for on one of its wings is poison and on the other a cure. It puts forward the poison and holds back the cure.’ It is transmitted in Sharh al-Sunna.