كتاب الذبائحSlaughtering Animals

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his

father said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant

him peace, was asked, 'Messenger of Allah! Some people from the desert

bring us meat, and we do not know whether the name of Allah has been

mentioned over it or not.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him

and grant him peace, said, 'Mention the name of Allah over it and

eat.' "

Malik said, "That was in the beginning of Islam."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abdullah

ibn Ayyash ibn Abi Rabia al-Makhzumi ordered one of his slaves to

slaughter an animal. When he wanted to slaughter it, he said to him,

"Mention Allah's name." The slave said to him, "I have mentioned the

name!" He said to him, "Mention the name of Allah, bother you!" He

said to him, "I have mentioned the name of Allah " Abdullah ibn Ayyash

said, "By Allah, I shall never eat it!"

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn

Yasar that a man from the Ansar of the tribe of Banu Haritha was

herding a pregnant she-camel at Uhud. It was about to die, so he

slaughtered it with a sharp stake. The Messenger of Allah was asked

about that, and he said, "There is no harm in it, eat it."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from a man of the Ansar

from Muadh ibn Sad or Sad ibn Muadh that a slave-girl of Kab ibn Malik

was herding some sheep at Sal (a mountain near Madina). One of the

sheep was about to die, so she went over to it and slaughtered it with

a stone. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, was asked about that, and he said, "There is no harm in it, so

eat it."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Thawr ibn Zayd ad-Dili that

Abdullah ibn Abbas was asked about animals slaughtered by the

Christian Arabs. He said, "There is no harm in them," but he recited

this ayat, "Whoever takes them as friends is from them." (Sura 5 ayat

54).

Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Abbas used to

say, "You can eat anything that has had its jugular vein cut."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn

al-Musayyab said, "There is no harm in whatever you slaughter with a

cutting edge, as long as you are forced to do it by necessity."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abu

Murra, the mawla of Aqil ibn Abi Talib asked Abu Hurayra about a sheep

which was slaughtered and then part of it moved. He ordered him to eat

it. Then he asked Zayd ibn Thabit about it, and he said, "Does a

corpse move?" and he forbade eating its meat.

Malik was asked

about a sheep which fell down and injured itself badly and then its

master reached it and slaughtered it. Blood flowed from it but it did

not move. Malik said, "If he kills it and blood flows from it and its

eyes blink, he should eat it."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar

said, "When a she-camel is slaughtered, what is in its womb is

included in the slaughter if it is perfectly formed and its hair has

begun to grow. If it comes out of its mother's womb, it is slaughtered

so that blood flows from its heart."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn Qusayt

al-Laythi that Said ibn al- Musayyab said, "The slaughter of what is

in the womb is included in the slaughter of the mother if it is

perfectly formed and its hair has begun to grow."