Volume 7- Book 72, Hunting, Slaughtering
Chapter: The mentioning of Allah’s Name while hunting
Sahih al-Bukhari 5475
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
I asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) about the game killed by a Mi’rad (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.”
Chapter: The game killed by the Mi’rad
Sahih al-Bukhari 5476
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
I asked Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) 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 (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, “Sometimes 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.”
Chapter: The game killed by the broad side of Al-Mi’rad
Sahih al-Bukhari 5477
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! 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 it.” 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.”
Chapter: About hunting with a bow
Sahih al-Bukhari 5478
Narrated Abu Tha‘laba Al-Khushani:
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, with my untrained hound, 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 others, wash their utensils and eat out of them. 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.”
Chapter: Al-Khadhf and Al-Bunduqa
Sahih al-Bukhari 5479
Narrated Abdullah bin Mughaffal:
He saw a man throwing stones with two fingers and said to him, “Do not throw stones, for Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) has forbidden throwing stones or used to dislike it.” Abdullah added, “Throwing stones will neither hunt the game nor kill an enemy, but it may break a tooth or gouge out an eye.” Later Abdullah once again saw the man throwing stones and said, “I tell you that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) has forbidden or disliked throwing stones, yet you are throwing stones! I shall not talk to you for such-and-such a period.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5480
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) 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.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5481
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) 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.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5482
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) 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.’
Chapter: If a hound eats (of the game)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5483
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
I asked Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him), “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.”
Chapter: If the hunter hits a game but does not catch it till two or three days
Sahih al-Bukhari 5484–5485
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) 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 other hounds join your hound in hunting the game, 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.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5485
And it has also been narrated by `Adi bin Hatim that he asked the Prophet (ﷺ) “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 (ﷺ) replied, “He can eat if he wishes.”
Chapter: If somebody finds another hound with the game
Sahih al-Bukhari 5486
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! I let loose my hound after a game and mention Allah’s Name on sending it.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “If you let loose your hound after a game and 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.” I asked him about the game hunted with a Mi’rad. 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, you cannot eat of it, for then it is like an animal beaten to death with a piece of wood.”
Chapter: What has been said about hunting
Sahih al-Bukhari 5487
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
I asked Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him), “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.”
Narrated Abu Tha‘laba Al-Khushani:
I came to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! 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.” He said, “If you can get utensils other than theirs, do not eat in theirs; but if you do not find others, wash theirs and eat in them. If you hunt something with your bow and mention Allah’s Name, eat it. If you hunt something with your trained hound and mention Allah’s Name on sending it, eat it. But if you hunt something with your untrained hound and you are able to slaughter it before it dies, then eat of it.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5488
Narrated Abu Tha`laba Al-Khushani:
I came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! 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.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5489
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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 who accepted them.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5490
Narrated Abu Qatada:
that once he was with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (on the way to Mecca). When he had covered some of the way to Mecca, he and some companions of his, who were in the state of lhram. remained behind the Prophet 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 (ﷺ) ate of it, but some others refused to eat. When they met Allah’s Apostle they asked him about that. He said, “It was meal given to you by Allah.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 548-91
Narrated Abu Qatada:
(the same Hadith above, but he added); The Prophet (ﷺ) asked, “Is there any of its meat left with you?”
Chapter: To hunt on mountains
Sahih al-Bukhari 5492
Narrated Abu Qatada:
I was with the Prophet (peace be upon him) on a journey between Mecca and Medina, and all of them (i.e. the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions) were in the state of Ihram, while I was not. I was riding my horse and used to enjoy climbing mountains. While I was doing so, I noticed that the people were looking at something, so I went to see what it was, and behold, it was an onager (wild donkey). I asked my companions, “What is that?” They said, “We do not know.” I said, “It is an onager.” They replied, “It is what you have seen.” I had left my whip, so I said, “Hand me my whip.” They said, “We will not help you in that (in hunting it).” So I got down, took my whip, and chased the animal (on my horse) until 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 from it and some refused. I said, “I will ask the Prophet (peace be upon him) about it on your behalf.” When I met the Prophet (peace be upon him), I told him the whole story. He said, “Has anything of it been left with you?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Eat, for it is a meal Allah has offered to you.”
Chapter: Lawful to you is water-game and its use for food
Sahih al-Bukhari 5493
Narrated Jabir:
We went out on 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 from 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.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5494
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) 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 from it for half a month and rubbed our bodies with its fat until our bodies became healthy. Then Abu ‘Ubaida took one of its ribs, fixed it on the ground, and a rider passed beneath it. There was a man among us who slaughtered three camels when hunger became severe, and he slaughtered three more, but after that Abu ‘Ubaida forbade him to do so.
Chapter: The eating of locusts
Sahih al-Bukhari 5495
Narrated Ibn Abi ‘Aufa:
We participated with the Prophet (peace be upon him) in six or seven battles, and we used to eat locusts with him.
Chapter: The utensils of Magians and (eating) dead flesh
Sahih al-Bukhari 5496
Narrated Abu Tha‘labah Al-Khushani:
I came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! We live 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, with my trained hound, and with my untrained hound.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “As for your saying that you are in the land of the People of the Scripture, do not eat in their utensils unless you find no alternative; in that case, wash them and eat in them. As for your saying that you are in the land of game: if you hunt with your bow, mention Allah’s Name and eat; if you hunt with your trained hound, mention Allah’s Name and eat; and if you hunt with your untrained hound and get it alive, slaughter it and then eat from it.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5497
Narrated Salama bin Al-Aqwa’:
On the evening of the day of the conquest of Khaibar, the army made fires (for cooking). The Prophet (peace be upon him) 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 pots and break the pots.” A man said, “Shall we throw the contents away and then wash the pots instead?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Yes, you can do either.”
Chapter: Mentioning Allah’s Name on slaughtering an animal
Sahih al-Bukhari 5498
Narrated Rafi‘ bin Khadij:
We were with the Prophet (peace be upon him) in Dhul-Hulaifa, and the people were struck with severe hunger. Then we obtained camels and sheep as war booty and slaughtered them. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was behind all the people. They hurried to fix their cooking pots, but when the Prophet (peace be upon him) came, he ordered the pots to be overturned. Then he distributed the animals, regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels ran away, and since there were only a few horses, they chased it but got tired. A man shot it with an arrow and Allah stopped it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Among these animals are some that behave like wild beasts, so if one runs away from you, treat it in this way.”
I said, “We hope, or we fear, that tomorrow we may meet the enemy and we have no knives. Can we slaughter with canes?” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “If the killing tool causes blood to gush out and Allah’s Name is mentioned, then eat. But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail, for the tooth is a bone, and the nail is the knife of the Ethiopians.”
Chapter: Animals sacrificed on An-Nusub and for the idols
Sahih al-Bukhari 5499
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said that he met Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail near Baldah before he received revelation. Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) presented a dish of meat (offered by pagans) to Zaid, but Zaid refused to eat it and said, “I do not eat from what you slaughter on your stone-altars (Ansab), nor do I eat except that on which Allah’s Name has been mentioned.”
Chapter: “So slaughter by mentioning the Name of Allah.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5500
Narrated Jundub bin Sufyan Al-Bajali:
Once during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him), we offered some animals as sacrifices. Some people slaughtered their sacrifices before the (Eid) prayer. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) finished his prayer, he saw that they had already slaughtered. He said, “Whoever has slaughtered before the prayer should slaughter again; and whoever has not slaughtered until we prayed should slaughter in the Name of Allah.”
Chapter: The instruments that cause the blood to gush out
Sahih al-Bukhari 5501
Narrated Ka‘b:
A slave girl of theirs used to shepherd some sheep at Si‘a, a mountain near Medina. One of her sheep was dying, so she broke a stone and slaughtered it. Ka‘b said to his family, “Do not eat from it until I ask the Prophet (peace be upon him) or send someone to him.” He went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) or sent someone, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) permitted them to eat it.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5502
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
Ka‘b had a slave girl who used to graze his sheep on a small mountain near the market. Once a sheep was dying, so she broke a stone and slaughtered it. When this was mentioned to the Prophet (peace be upon him), he permitted them to eat it.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5503
Narrated Rafi‘ bin Khadij:
He said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! We have no knife.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “If the killing tool causes blood to gush out, and Allah’s Name is mentioned, eat (of it). But do not slaughter with a nail or a tooth, for the nail is the knife of Ethiopians and the tooth is a bone.” Then a camel ran away and was stopped with an arrow. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Among these camels are some that act like wild beasts; so if one of them escapes and you cannot catch it, treat it in this manner.”
Chapter: The animal slaughtered by a lady
Sahih al-Bukhari 5504
Narrated Ka‘b bin Malik:
A lady slaughtered a sheep with a stone, and when the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked about it, he permitted it to be eaten.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5505
Narrated Mu‘adh bin Sa‘d or Sa‘d bin Mu‘adh:
A slave girl belonging to Ka‘b used to graze some sheep at Sl‘a (mountain). Once one of her sheep was dying. She reached it (before it died) and slaughtered it with a stone. The Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked, and he said, “Eat it.”
Chapter: Not to slaughter with a tooth, a bone or a nail
Sahih al-Bukhari 5506
Narrated Rafi‘ bin Khadij:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Eat what is slaughtered (with any instrument) that makes blood flow out, except what is slaughtered with a tooth or a nail.”
Chapter: The animals slaughtered by Bedouins or the like
Sahih al-Bukhari 5507
Narrated Aisha:
A group of people said to the Prophet (peace be upon him), “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.
Chapter: The animals slaughtered by the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)
Sahih al-Bukhari 5508
Narrated Abdullah bin Mughaffal:
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 (peace be upon him) and I felt shy in his presence (and did not take it).
Chapter: Any domestic animal that runs away should be treated like a wild animal
Sahih al-Bukhari 5509
Narrated Rafi‘ bin Khadij:
I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! 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 (peace be upon him) 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.”
Chapter: An-Nahr and Adh-Dhabh
Sahih al-Bukhari 5510
Narrated Asma bint Abu Bakr:
We slaughtered a horse (by Nahr) during the lifetime of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and ate it.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5511
Narrated Asma:
We slaughtered a horse (by Dhabh) during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) while we were at Medina, and we ate it.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5512
Narrated Asma bint Abu Bakr:
We slaughtered a horse (by Nahr) during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and ate it.
Chapter: Al-Muthla, Al-Masbura, and Mujaththama
Sahih al-Bukhari 5513
Narrated Hisham bin Zaid:
Anas and I went to Al-Hakam bin Aiyub. Anas saw some boys shooting at a tied hen. Anas said, “The Prophet (peace be upon him) has forbidden the shooting of tied or confined animals.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5514
Narrated Ibn Umar:
He entered upon Yahya bin Sa‘id 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 (peace be upon him) forbidding the killing of an animal or other living thing after tying them.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5515
Narrated Sa‘id bin Jubair:
While I was with Ibn Umar, 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 (peace be upon him) cursed the one who did so.”
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) cursed the one who did Muthla to an animal, that is, cut its limbs or some other part of its body while it is still alive.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5516
Narrated Abdullah bin Yazid:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade An-Nuhba and Al-Muthla.
Chapter: The meat of chickens
Sahih al-Bukhari 5517
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash‘ari:
I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) eating chicken.
Chapter: The meat of chickens
Sahih al-Bukhari 5518
Narrated Zahdam:
We were in the company of Abu Musa Al-Ash‘ari, and there were friendly relations between us and a tribe of Jarm. Abu Musa was presented with a dish containing chicken. Among the people was a red-faced man who did not come near the food. Abu Musa said to him, “Come and eat, for I have seen Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) eating of it.” The man 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 something. Once I went to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) with a group of Al-Ash‘ariyin and met him while he was angry, distributing some camels. We asked for mounts, but he took an oath that he would not give us any and said, ‘I have nothing to mount you on.’ In the meantime, some camels of booty were brought to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him), and he asked twice, ‘Where are Al-Ash‘ariyin?’ So he gave us five white camels with big humps. After a short while, I said to my companions, ‘The Prophet (peace be upon him) has forgotten his oath. By Allah, if we do not remind him of his oath, we will never be successful.’ So we returned to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! We asked you for mounts, but you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts. We thought you had 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.’”
Chapter: Horse flesh
Sahih al-Bukhari 5519
Narrated Asma:
We slaughtered a horse during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and ate it.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5520
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
On the day of the battle of Khaibar, Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) made donkey’s meat unlawful and allowed the eating of horse flesh.
Chapter: The meat of donkeys
Sahih al-Bukhari 5521
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) made the meat of donkeys unlawful on the day of the battle of Khaibar.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5522
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited the eating of donkey’s meat.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5523
Narrated Ali:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) prohibited Al-Mut‘a marriage and the eating of donkey’s meat in the year of the Khaibar battle.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5524
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited the eating of donkey’s meat on the day of the battle of Khaibar and allowed the eating of horse flesh.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5525–5526
Narrated Al-Bara’ and Ibn Abi Aufa:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited the eating of donkey’s meat.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5527
Narrated Abu Tha‘alba:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) prohibited the eating of donkey’s meat.
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited the eating of beasts having fangs.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5528
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Someone came to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and said, “The donkeys have been eaten.” Another man came and said, “The donkeys have been destroyed.” On that the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered a caller to announce to the people: “Allah and His Messenger forbid you to eat the meat of donkeys, for it is impure.” The pots were turned upside down while the donkey meat was still boiling in them.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5529
Narrated Amr:
I said to Jabir bin Zaid, “The people claim that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) 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, 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…’ (6:145).”
Chapter: The meat of beasts of prey having fangs
Sahih al-Bukhari 5530
Narrated Abu Tha‘laba:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade the eating of the meat of beasts having fangs.
Chapter: The skin of dead animals
Sahih al-Bukhari 5531
Narrated Abdullah bin Abbas:
Once Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) 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.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5532
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) passed by a dead goat and said, “There is no harm if its owners benefit from its skin.”
Chapter: The musk
Sahih al-Bukhari 5533
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) 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.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5534
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) 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.”
Chapter: The rabbit
Sahih al-Bukhari 5535
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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 (peace be upon him), and the Prophet (peace be upon him) accepted the present.
Chapter: The mastigure
Sahih al-Bukhari 5536
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “I do not eat mastigure, but I do not prohibit its eating.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5537
Narrated Khalid bin Al-Walid:
Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) and I entered the house of Maimuna. A roasted mastigure was served. Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) stretched his hand out to eat of it, but some woman said, “Inform Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) of what he is about to eat.” They said, “It is mastigure, O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)!” He withdrew his hand, whereupon I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him)! 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 (peace be upon him) was looking at me.
Chapter: If a mouse falls into solid or liquid butter-fat
Sahih al-Bukhari 5538
Narrated Maimuna:
A mouse fell into the butter-fat and died. The Prophet (peace be upon him) 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.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5539
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
Regarding an animal, for example, 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 (peace be upon him) ordered that the butter-fat near it be thrown away and the rest of the butter-fat can be eaten.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5540
Narrated Maimuna:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) 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.”
Chapter: Branding the faces
Sahih al-Bukhari 5541
Narrated Salim:
Ibn Umar disliked the branding of animals on the face. Ibn Umar said, “The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade beating animals on the face.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5542
Narrated Anas:
I brought a brother of mine to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to do Tahnik for him while the Prophet (peace be upon him) 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.”
Chapter: To slaughter sheep or camels from war booty without the permission of the companions
Sahih al-Bukhari 5543
Narrated Rafi‘ bin Khadij:
I said to the Prophet (peace be upon him), “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 (peace be upon him) was behind the people. So they placed the cooking pots on the fire, but the Prophet (peace be upon him) 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 (peace be upon him) 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).”
Chapter: To kill a runaway camel
Sahih al-Bukhari 5544
Narrated Rafi‘ bin Khadij:
While we were with the Prophet (peace be upon him) on a journey, one of the camels ran away. A man shot it with an arrow and stopped it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) 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 (peace be upon him)! 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.”