Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4399

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ، أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ أَرْنَبَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً يَذْبَحُهُمَا بِهِ فَذَكَّاهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي اصْطَدْتُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ حَدِيدَةً أُذَكِّيهِمَا بِهِ فَذَكَّيْتُهُمَا بِمَرْوَةٍ أَفَآكُلُ قَالَ ‏"‏ كُلْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Safwan reported: I caught two rabbits but had no knife with which to slaughter them, so I slaughtered them with a sharp stone. I came to the Prophet and said: Messenger of Allah, I caught two rabbits but had no knife, so I slaughtered them with a sharp stone. May I eat them? He said: Eat them.