Sahih al-Bukhari 5498

Hadith text

Narrated Rafi` bin Khadij:We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) in Dhul-Hulaifa and there the people were struck with severe hunger. Then we got camels and sheep as war booty (and slaughtered them). The Prophet (ﷺ) was behind all the people. The people hurried and fixed the cooking pots (for cooking) but the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) 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

Rafi' bin Khadij bataate hain: Hum Nabi (SAW) ke saath Dhul-Hulaifa mein the aur wahaan logon ko shadeed bhookh lagi. Phir hamein jang ke maal-e-ganimat mein oont aur bakriyaan milin (aur humne unhein zibah kiya). Nabi (SAW) sab logon se peeche the. Log jaldi mein aag jala kar khaana pakaane lage, magar Nabi (SAW) wahaan aaye aur hukm diya ke degon ko ulat diya jaaye. Phir unhone jaanwar baante, das bakriyon ko ek oont ke barabar maante hue. Ek oont bhaag gaya aur logon ke paas kuch ghode the. Unhone oont ka peecha kiya magar wo thak gaye, isper ek shaks ne use teer se maara jispar Allah ne use rok diya. Nabi (SAW) ne farmaya, 'Inmein se kuch jaanwar jangli jaanwaron jaise hote hain, isliye agar unmein se koi tumse bhaag jaaye, to isi tarah uska ilaaj karo.' Maine kaha, 'Humein ummeed hai, ya humein dar hai, ke kal hum dushman se milenge aur hamare paas chaqoo nahi hai, kya hum (apne jaanwar) neizon se zibah kar sakte hain?' Nabi (SAW) ne farmaya, 'Agar zibah karne wala hathiyaar khoon bahaaye aur Allah ka naam liya gaya ho, to (zibah kiye gaye jaanwar ko) khaao. Magar daant ya naakhoon se zibah mat karo. Main tumhein bataata hoon kyun: Daant ek haddi hai, aur naakhoon Habshiyon ka chaqoo hai.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 5498 · Book 72, Hadith 24