Sahih al-Bukhari 2488

Hadith text

Narrated 'Abaya bin Rifa'a bin Rafi' bin Khadij:My grandfather said, "We were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) at Dhul-Hulaifa. The people felt hungry and captured some camels and sheep (as booty). The Prophet (ﷺ) was behind the people. They hurried and slaughtered the animals and put their meat in pots and started cooking it. (When the Prophet came) he ordered the pots to be upset and then he distributed the animals (of the booty), regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels fled and the people ran after it till they were exhausted. At that time there were few horses. A man threw an arrow at the camel, and Allah stopped the camel with it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some of these animals are like wild animals, so if you lose control over one of these animals, treat it in this way (i.e. shoot it with an arrow)." Before distributing them among the soldiers my grandfather said, "We may meet the enemies in the future and have no knives; can we slaughter the animals with reeds?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Use whatever causes blood to flow, and eat the animals if the name of Allah has been mentioned on slaughtering them. Do not slaughter with teeth or fingernails and I will tell you why: It is because teeth are bones (i.e. cannot cut properly) and fingernails are the tools used by the Ethiopians (whom we should not imitate for they are infidels)

Abaya bin Rifa'a bin Rafi bin Khadij bataate hain: Mere dada ne kaha: "Hum Nabi ke saath Dhul-Hulaifa mein the. Logon ko bhookh lagi aur unhone kuch unt aur bheden (maal-e-ghanimat mein) pakade. Nabi logon se peeche the. Woh jaldi mein zabah karke unka gosht bartanon mein daal kar pakana shuru kar diye. (Jab Nabi aaye) unhone bartanon ko ulat dene ka hukum diya aur phir maal-e-ghanimat taqseem kiya, das bhedon ko ek unt ke barabar samajhte huye. Ek unt bhaag gaya aur log uske peeche daude jab tak woh thak gaye. Us waqt kam ghode the. Ek shaks ne unt par teer maara aur Allah ne teer se unt ko roka. Nabi ne kaha: 'Inme se kuch janwar jangli janwaron jaise hain, isliye agar tum inme se kisi par kaboo kho dete ho, isi tarah karo (yaani teer maaro).'" Sipahiyon mein taqseem karne se pehle, mere dada ne kaha: "Ho sakta hai humari dushman se mulaqaat ho aur humare paas chaku na ho; kya hum janwar ko narkal se zabah kar sakte hain?" Nabi ne kaha: "Jisse bhi khoon nikle, use istemal karo, aur janwar khao agar unhe zabah karte waqt Allah ka naam liya gaya ho. Daanton ya naakhunon se zabah mat karo aur main tumhe batata hoon kyun: Kyunke daant hadiyan hain (theek se kaat nahi sakte) aur naakhun Ethiopiyon ke istemal ke auzaar hain (jinki hum nakal nahi karte, kyunke woh kaafir hain)."

Sahih al-Bukhari 2488 · Book 47, Hadith 6