Book Sixty Seven – The Book on Hunting, Slaughtering

Hadith Number 384.

Narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I asked the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) about the game killed by a Mi'rad (i.e. a sharp-edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting). He said, "If the game is killed with its sharp edge, eat of it, but if it is killed with its shaft, with a hit by its broad side then the game is (unlawful to eat) for it has been beaten to death." I asked him about the game killed by a trained hound. He said, "If the hound catches the game for you, eat of it, for killing the game by the hound, is like its slaughtering. But if you see with your hound or hounds another dog, and you are afraid that it might have shared in hunting the game with your hound and killed it, then you should not eat of it, because you have mentioned Allah's name on (sending) your hound only, but you have not mentioned it on some other hound."


Hadith Number 385.

Narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I asked Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) about the Mi'rad. He said, "If you hit the game with its sharp edge, eat it, but if the Mi'rad hits the game with its shaft with a hit by its broad side do not eat it, for it has been beaten to death with a piece of wood. (i.e. unlawful)." I asked, "If I let loose my trained hound after a game?" He said, "If you let loose your trained hound after game, and mention the name of Allah, then you can eat." I said, "If the hound eats of the game?" He said "Then you should not eat of it, for the hound has hunted the game for itself and not for you." I said, "Some times I send my hound and then I find some other hound with it?" He said "Don't eat the game, as you have mentioned the Name of Allah on your dog only and not on the other."


Hadith Number 386.

Narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I said, "O Allah's Messenger! We let loose our trained hounds after a game?" He said, "Eat what they hunt for you." I said, "Even if they killed (the game)?" He replied, 'Even if they killed (the game)." I said, 'We also hit (the game) with the Mi'rad?" He said, "Eat of the animal which the Mi'rad kills by piercing its body, but do not eat of the animal which is killed by the broad side of the Mi'rad."


Hadith Number 387.

Narrated by Abu Tha'laba Al-Khushani (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I said, "O Allah's Prophet! We are living in a land ruled by the people of the Scripture; can we take our meals in their utensils? In that land there is plenty of game and I hunt the game with my bow and with my hound that is not trained and with my trained hound. Then what is lawful for me to eat?" He said, "As for what you have mentioned about the people of the Scripture, if you can get utensils other than theirs, do not eat out of theirs, but if you cannot get other than theirs, wash their utensils and eat out of it. If you hunt an animal with your bow after mentioning Allah's Name, eat of it. and if you hunt something with your trained hound after mentioning Allah's Name, eat of it, and if you hunt something with your untrained hound (and get it before it dies) and slaughter it, eat of it."


Hadith Number 388.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Maghaffal (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he saw a man throwing stones with two fingers (at something) and said to him, "Do not throw stones, for Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) has forbidden throwing stones, or he used to dislike it." 'Abdullah added: Throwing stones will neither hunt the game, nor kill (or hurt) an enemy, but it may break a tooth or gouge out an eye." Afterwards 'Abdullah once again saw the man throwing stones. He said to him, "I tell you that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) has forbidden or disliked the throwing the stones (in such a way), yet you are throwing stones! I shall not talk to you for such-and-such a period."


Hadith Number 389.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever keeps a (pet) dog which is neither a watch dog nor a hunting dog, will get a daily deduction of two Qirat from his good deeds."


Hadith Number 390.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): I heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "If someone keeps a dog neither for hunting, nor for guarding livestock, the reward (for his good deeds) will be reduced by two Qirats per day."


Hadith Number 391.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If someone keeps a dog neither for guarding livestock, nor for hunting, his good deeds will decrease (in reward) by two Qirats a day."

Hadith Number 392.

Narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I asked Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). "We hunt with the help of these hounds." He said, "If you let loose your trained hounds after a game, and mention the name of Allah, then you can eat what the hounds catch for you, even if they killed the game. But you should not eat of it if the hound has eaten of it, for then it is likely that the hound has caught the game for itself. And if other hounds join your hound in hunting the game, then do not eat of it."


Hadith Number 393.

Narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending it, and the hound catches the game and kills it, then you can eat of it. But if the hound eats of it, then you should not eat thereof, for the hound has caught it for itself. And if along with your hound, join other hounds, and Allah's Name was not mentioned at the time of their sending, and they catch an animal and kill it, you should not eat of it, for you will not know which of them has killed it. And if you have thrown an arrow at the game and then find it (dead) two or three days later and, it bears no mark other than the wound inflicted by your arrow, then you can eat of it. But if the game is found (dead) in water, then do not eat of it." And it has also been narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim that he asked the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) "If a hunter throws an arrow at the game and after tracing it for two or three days he finds it dead but still bearing his arrow, (can he eat of it)?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) replied, "He can eat if he wishes."


Hadith Number 394.

Narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I said, "O Allah's Messenger! I let loose my hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending it." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If you let loose your hound after a game and you mention Allah's Name on sending it and the hound catches and kills the game and eats of it, then you should not eat of it, for it has killed it for itself." I said, "Sometimes when I send my hound after a game, I find another hound along with it and I do not know which of them has caught the game." He said, "You must not eat of it because you have not mentioned, the Name of Allah except on sending your own hound, and you did not mention it on the other hound." Then I asked him about the game hunted with a Mi'rad (i.e. a sharp edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting). He said, "If the game is killed with its sharp edge, you can eat of it, but if it is killed by its broad side (shaft), you cannot eat of it, for then it is like an animal beaten to death with a piece of wood."


Hadith Number 395.

Narrated by 'Adi Bin Hatim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I asked Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), "We hunt with these hounds." He said, "If you send your trained hounds after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending, you can eat of what they catch for you. But if the hound eats of the game, then you must not eat of it, for I am afraid that the hound caught it for itself, and if another hound joins your hounds (during the hunt), you should not eat of the game."


Hadith Number 396.

Narrated by Abu Tha'laba Al-Khushani (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! We are living in the land of the people of the Scripture and we take our meals in their utensils, and in the land there is game and I hunt with my bow and trained or untrained hounds; please tell me what is lawful for us of that." He said, "As for your saying that you are living in the land of the people of the Scripture and that you eat in their utensils, if you can get utensils other than theirs, do not eat in their utensils, but if you do not find (other than theirs), then wash their utensils and eat in them. As for your saying that you are in the land of game, if you hung something with your bow, and have mentioned Allah's Name while hunting, then you can eat (the game). And if you hunt something with your trained hound, and have mentioned Allah's Name on sending it for hunting then you can eat (the game). But if you hunt something with your untrained hound and you were able to slaughter it before its death, you can eat of it."


Hadith Number 397.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): We provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran till it started jumping. My companions chased it till they got tired. But I alone ran after it and caught it and brought it to Abu Talha. He sent both its legs to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) who accepted them.


Hadith Number 398.

Narrated by Abu Qatada (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That once he was with Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (on the way to Makkah). When he had covered some of the way to Makkah, he and some companions of his, who were in the state of lhram, remained behind the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while Abu Qatada himself was not in the state of Ihram. Abu Qatada, seeing an onager rode his horse and asked his companions to hand him a whip, but they refused. He then asked them to hand him his spear, but they refused. Then he took it himself and attacked the onager and killed it. Some of the Companions of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ate of it, but some others refused to eat. When they met Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) they asked him about that. He said, "It was meal given to you by Allah."

Hadith Number 399.

Narrated by Abu Qatada (Radhi Allahu Anhu): (The same Hadith above, but he added); The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked, "Is there any of its meat left with you?"


Hadith Number 400.

Narrated by Abu Qatada (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I was with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (on a journey) between Makkah and Al-Madinah, and all of them, (i.e. the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and his companions) were in the state of Ihram, while I was not in that state. I was riding my horse and I used to be fond of ascending mountains. So while I was doing so I noticed that the people were looking at something. I went to see what it was, and behold it was an onager. I asked my companions, "What is that?" They said, "We do not know." I said, "It is an onager.' They said, "It is what you have seen." I had left my whip, so I said to them, "Hand to me my whip." They said, "We will not help you in that (in hunting the onager)." I got down, took my whip and chased the animal (on my horse) and did not stop till I killed it. I went to them and said, "Come on, carry it!" But they said, "We will not even touch it." At last I alone carried it and brought it to them. Some of them ate of it and some refused to eat of it. I said (to them), "I will ask the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) about it (on your behalf)." When I met the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), I told him the whole story. He said to me, "Has anything of it been left with you?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Eat, for it is a meal Allah has offered to you."


Hadith Number 401.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabt, and Abu 'Ubaida was our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the sea threw a huge dead fish called Al-'Anbar, the like of which had never been seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida took one of its bones (and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it.


Hadith Number 402.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent us as an army unit of three hundred warriors under the command of Abu 'Ubaida to ambush a caravan of the Quraish. But we were struck with such severe hunger that we ate the Khabt (desert bushes), so our army was called the Army of the Khabt. Then the sea threw a huge fish called Al-'Anbar and we ate of it for half a month and rubbed our bodies with its fat till our bodies became healthy. Then Abu Ubaida took one of its ribs and fixed it over the ground and a rider passed underneath it. There was a man amongst us who slaughtered three camels when hunger became severe, and he slaughtered three more, but after that Abu 'Ubaida forbade him to do so.


Hadith Number 403.

Narrated by Ibn Abi Aufa (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): We participated with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in six or seven Ghazawat, and we used to eat locusts with him.


Hadith Number 404.

Narrated by Abu Tha'laba Al-Khushani (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! We are living in the land of the people of the Scripture, and we take our meals in their utensils, and there is game in that land and I hunt with my bow and with my trained hound and with my untrained hound." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "As for your saying that you are in the land of people of the Scripture, you should not eat in their utensils unless you find no alternative, in which case you must wash the utensils and then eat in them As for your saying that you are in the land of game, if you hunt something with your bow, mention Allah's Name (while hunting the game) and eat; and if you hunt something with your trained hound, mention Allah's Name on sending and eat; and if you hunt something with your untrained hound and get it alive, slaughter it and you can eat of it"


Hadith Number 405.

Narrated by Salama bin Al-Aqwa' (Radhi Allahu Anhu): In the evening of the day of the conquest of Khaibar, the army made fires (for cooking). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "For what have you made these fires?" They said, "For cooking the meat of domestic donkeys." He said, "Throw away what is in the cooking pots and break the pots." A man from the people got up and said, "Shall we throw the contents of the cooking pots and then wash the pots (instead of breaking them)?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Yes, you can do either."


Hadith Number 406.

Narrated by Rafi' bin Khudaij (Radhi Allahu Anhu): We were with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in Dhul-Hulaifah and there the people were struck with severe hunger. Then we got camels and sheep as war booty (and slaughtered them). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was behind all the people. The people hurried and fixed the cooking pots (for cooking) but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came there and ordered that the cooking pots be turned upside down. Then he distributed the animals, regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels ran away and there were a few horses with the people. They chased the camel but they got tired, whereupon a man shot it with an arrow whereby Allah stopped it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Among these animals some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them runs away from you, treat it in this way." I said. "We hope, or we are afraid that tomorrow we will meet the enemy and we have no knives, shall we slaughter (our animals) with canes?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If the killing tool causes blood to gush out and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughterer animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I am telling you why: A tooth is a bone, and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians."


Hadith Number 407.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said that he met Zaid bin 'Amr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this had happened before Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) received the Divine Inspiration. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin 'Amr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering."

Hadith Number 408.

Narrated by Jundub bin Sufyan Al-Bajali (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Once during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) we offered some animals as sacrifices. Some people slaughtered their sacrifices before the (Id) prayer, so when the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) finished his prayer, he saw that they had slaughtered their sacrifices before the prayer. He said, "Whoever has slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the prayer, should slaughter (another sacrifice) in lieu of it; and whoever has not yet slaughtered it till we have prayed; should slaughter (it) by mentioning Allah's Name."


Hadith Number 409.

Narrated by Ka'b (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That a slave girl of theirs used to shepherd some sheep at Sal’ a mountain near Al-Madinah). On seeing one of her sheep dying, she broke a stone and slaughtered it. Ka'b said to his family, "Do not eat (of it) till I go to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and ask him, or, till I send someone to ask him." So he went to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) or sent someone to him The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) permitted (them) to eat it.


Hadith Number 410.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That Ka'b had a slave girl who used to graze his sheep on a small mountain, called "Sal’, situated near the market. Once a sheep was dying, so she broke a stone and slaughtered it with it. When they mentioned that to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), he permitted them to eat it.


Hadith Number 411.

Narrated by Rafi' bin Khadij (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he said, "O Allah's Messenger! We have no knife." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "if the killing tool causes blood to gush out, and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughtered animal). But do not slaughter with a nail or a tooth, for the nail is the knife of Ethiopians and a tooth is a bone." Suddenly a camel ran away and it was stopped (with an arrow). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then said, "Of these camels there are some which are as wild as wild beasts; so if one of them runs away from you and you cannot catch it, treat it in this manner (i.e. shoot it with an arrow)."


Hadith Number 412.

Narrated by Ka'b bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A lady slaughtered a sheep with a stone and then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was asked about it and he permitted it to be eaten.


Hadith Number 413.

Narrated by Mu'adh bin Sa'd or Sa'd bin Mu'adh: A slave girl belonging to Ka'b (Radhi Allahu Anhu) used to graze some sheep at Sal’ (mountain). Once one of her sheep was dying, she reached it (before it died) and slaughtered it with a stone. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was asked, and he said, "Eat it."


Hadith Number 414.

Narrated by Rafi' bin Khadij (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Eat what is slaughtered (with any instrument) that makes blood flow out, except what is slaughtered with a tooth or a nail."


Hadith Number 415.

Narrated by 'Aisha (Radhi Allahu Anha): A group of people said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), "Some people bring us meat and we do not know whether they have mentioned Allah's Name or not on slaughtering the animal." He said, "Mention Allah's Name on it and eat." Those people had embraced Islam recently.


Hadith Number 416.

Narrated by Narrates 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal (Radhi Allahu Anhu): While we were besieging the castle of Khaibar, Somebody threw a skin full of fat and I went ahead to take it, but on looking behind, I saw the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and I felt shy in his presence (and did not take it).


Hadith Number 417.

Narrated by Rafi' bin Khadij (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I said, "O Allah's Messenger! We are going to face the enemy tomorrow and we do not have knives." He said, "Hurry up (in killing the animal). If the killing tool causes blood to flow out, and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughtered animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I will tell you why: As for the tooth, it is a bone; and as for the nail, it is the knife of Ethiopians." Then we got some camels and sheep as war booty, and one of those camels ran away, whereupon a man shot it with an arrow and stopped it. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Of these camels there are some which are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them (runs away and) makes you tired, treat it in this manner."


Hadith Number 418.

Narrated by Asma bint Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anha): We slaughtered a horse (by Nahr) during the lifetime of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and ate it.


Hadith Number 419.

Narrated by Asma' (Radhi Allahu Anha): We slaughtered a horse (by Dhabh) during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while we were at Al-Madinah, and we ate it.


Hadith Number 420.

Narrated by Asma' bint Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anha): We slaughtered a horse (by Nahr) during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and ate it.

Hadith Number 421.

Narrated by Hisham bin Zaid: Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu) and I went to Al-Hakam bin Aiyub. Anas saw some boys shooting at a tied hen. Anas said, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) has forbidden the shooting of tied or confined animals."


Hadith Number 422.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): That he entered upon Yahya bin Said while one of Yahya's sons was aiming at a hen after tying it. Ibn 'Umar walked to it and untied it. Then he brought it and the boy and said. "Prevent your boys from tying the birds for the sake of killing them, as I have heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbidding the killing of an animal or other living thing after tying them."


Hadith Number 423.

Narrated by Sa'id bin Jubair: While I was with Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma), we passed by a group of young men who had tied a hen and started shooting at it. When they saw Ibn 'Umar, they dispersed, leaving it. On that Ibn 'Umar said, "Who has done this? The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) cursed the one who did so."


Hadith Number 424.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) cursed the one who did Muthla to an animal (i e., cut its limbs or some other part of its body while it is still alive).


Hadith Number 425.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Yazid (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade An-Nuhba (*) and Al-Muthla.

* An-Nuhba means robbing and taking the property of someone else by force and publicly.


Hadith Number 426.

Narrated by Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I saw the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) eating chicken.


Hadith Number 427.

Narrated by Zahdam: We were in the company of Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (Radhi Allahu Anhu) and there were friendly relations between us and this tribe of Jarm. Abu Musa was presented with a dish containing chicken. Among the people there was sitting a red-faced man who did not come near the food. Abu Musa said (to him), "Come on (and eat), for I have seen Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) eating of it (i.e. chicken)." He said, "I have seen it eating something (dirty) and since then I have disliked it, and have taken an oath that I shall not eat it ' Abu Musa said, "Come on, I will tell you (or narrate to you). Once I went to Allah’s Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) with a group of Al-Ash'ariyin, and met him while he was angry, distributing some camels of Rakat. We asked for mounts but he took an oath that he would not give us any mounts, and added, 'I have nothing to mount you on' In the meantime some camels of booty were brought to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and he asked twice, 'Where are Al-Ash'ariyin?" So he gave us five white camels with big humps. We stayed for a short while (after we had covered a little distance), and then I said to my companions, "Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) has forgotten his oath. By Allah, if we do not remind Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) of his oath, we will never be successful." So we returned to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! We asked you for mounts, but you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts; we think that you have forgotten your oath.' He said, 'It is Allah Who has given you mounts. By Allah, and Allah willing, if I take an oath and later find something else better than that then I do what is better and expiate my oath.'"


Hadith Number 428.

Narrated by Asma' (Radhi Allahu Anha): We slaughtered a horse during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and ate it.


Hadith Number 429.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): On the Day of the battle of Khaibar, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) made donkey's meat unlawful and allowed the eating of horse flesh.


Hadith Number 430.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) made the meat of donkeys unlawful on the day of the battle of Khaibar.


Hadith Number 431.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) prohibited the eating of donkey's meat.


Hadith Number 432.

Narrated by 'Ali (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) prohibited Al-Mut'a marriage and the eating of donkey's meat in the year of the Khaibar battle.

Hadith Number 433.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) prohibited the eating of donkey's meat on the day of the battle of Khaibar, and allowed the eating of horse flesh.


Hadith Number 434.

Narrated by Al-Bara' and Ibn Abi 'Aufa (Radhi Allahu Anhum): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) prohibited the eating of donkey's meat.


Hadith Number 435.

Narrated by Abu Tha'alba (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) prohibited the eating of donkey's meat.


Hadith Number 435o.

Narrated by Az-Zuhri: The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) prohibited the eating of beasts having fangs.


Hadith Number 436.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Someone came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "The donkeys have been (slaughtered and) eaten. Another man came and said, "The donkeys have been destroyed." On that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered a caller to announce to the people: Allah and His Messenger forbid you to eat the meat of donkeys, for it is impure.' Thus the pots were turned upside down while the (donkeys') meat was boiling in them.


Hadith Number 437.

Narrated by 'Amr: I said to Jabir bin Zaid, "The people claim that Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the eating of donkey's meat." He said, "Al-Hakam bin 'Amr Al-Ghifari used to say so when he was with us, but Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma), the great religious learned man, refused to give a final verdict and recited: 'Say: I find not in that which has been inspired to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be carrion, blood poured forth or the flesh of swine...' (Surah Al-An’am 66.145)

Hadith Number 438.

Narrated by Abu Tha'laba (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade the eating of the meat of beasts having fangs.


Hadith Number 439.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Once Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) passed by a dead sheep and said (to the people), "Why don't you use its hide?" They said, "But it is dead," He said, "Only eating it, is prohibited."


Hadith Number 440.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) passed by a dead goat and said, "There is no harm if its owners benefit from its skin."


Hadith Number 441.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "None is wounded in Allah's Cause but will come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound bleeding. The thing that will come out of his wound will be the color of blood, but its smell will be the smell of musk."


Hadith Number 442.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'The example of a good pious companion and an evil one is that of a person carrying musk and another blowing a pair of bellows. The one who is carrying musk will either give you some perfume as a present, or you will buy some from him, or you will get a good smell from him, but the one who is blowing a pair of bellows will either burn your clothes or you will get a bad smell from him."


Hadith Number 443.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Once we provoked a rabbit at Marr-az-Zahran. The people chased it till they got tired. Then I caught It and brought it to Abu Talha, who slaughtered it and then sent both its pelvic pieces (or legs) to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) accepted the present.


Hadith Number 444.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I do not eat mastigure, but I do not prohibit its eating."

Hadith Number 445.

Narrated by Khalid bin Al-Walid (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and I entered the house of Maimuna. A roasted mastigure was served. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) stretched his hand out (to eat of it) but some woman said, "Inform Allah's Messenger of what he is about to eat." So they said, "It is mastigure, O Allah's Messenger!" He withdrew his hand, whereupon I said, "O Allah's Messenger! Is it unlawful?" He said, "No, but this is not found in the land of my people, so I dislike it." So I pulled the mastigure towards me and ate it while Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was looking at me.


Hadith Number 446.

Narrated by Maimuna (Radhi Allahu Anha): A mouse fell into the butter-fat and died. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was asked about that. He said, "Throw away the mouse and the butter-fat that surrounded it, and eat the rest of the butter-fat (As-Samn).


Hadith Number 447.

Narrated by Az-Zhuri: regarding an animal, e.g., a mouse or some other animal that had fallen into solid or liquid oil or butter-fat: I had been informed that a mouse had died in butter-fat whereupon Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered that the butter-fat near it be thrown away and the rest of the butter-fat can be eaten.


Hadith Number 448.

Narrated by Maimuna (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was asked about a mouse that had fallen into butter-fat (and died). He said, "Throw away the mouse and the portion of butter-fat around it, and eat the rest."


Hadith Number 449.

Narrated by Salim: That Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) disliked the branding of animals on the face. Ibn 'Umar said, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade beating (animals) on the face."


Hadith Number 450.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I brought a brother of mine to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to do Tahnik for him while the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was in a sheep fold of his, and I saw him branding a sheep. (The sub-narrator said: I think Anas said, branding it on the ear.)


Hadith Number 451.

Narrated by Rafi' bin Khadij (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), "We will be facing the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives (for slaughtering)' He said, "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, unless the killing instrument is a tooth or nail. I will tell you why: As for the tooth, it is a bone; and as for the nail, it is the knife of Ethiopians." The quick ones among the people got the war booty while the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was behind the people. So they placed the cooking pots on the fire, but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered the cooking pots to be turned upside down. Then he distributed (the war booty) among them, considering one camel as equal to ten sheep. Then a camel belonging to the first party of people ran away and they had no horses with them, so a man shot it with an arrow whereby Allah stopped it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Of these animals there are some which are as wild as wild beasts. So, if anyone of them runs away like this, do like this (shoot it with an arrow)."


Hadith Number 452.

Narrated by Rafi' bin Khadij: While we were with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) on a journey, one of the camels ran away. A man shot it with an arrow and stopped it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) 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 Messenger! 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."