72/18. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5502 — Stone Slaughter and Eating Permission
The instruments that cause the blood to gush out
Hadith About a Dying Sheep Slaughtered With a Stone
Sahih Bukhari : 5502
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5502
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ بَنِي سَلِمَةَ أَخْبَرَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ جَارِيَةً، لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا لَهُ بِالْجُبَيْلِ الَّذِي بِالسُّوقِ وَهْوَ بِسَلْعٍ، فَأُصِيبَتْ شَاةٌ، فَكَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا، فَذَكَرُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِأَكْلِهَا.
`Abdullah Narrated from:
Ka`b had a slave girl who used to graze his sheep on a small mountain, called "Sl'a", 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, he, permitted them to eat it.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5502In-book reference : Book 72, Hadith 28USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 410
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5502
This narration repeats the same core point with a few location details. Ka`b’s slave girl was grazing sheep on a small mountain near the market at Sl’a. One sheep was injured or close to dying, so she broke a stone and used it to slaughter the sheep. When the matter was mentioned to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, he permitted them to eat it. The focus is not on a long story or extra details. It is about a real case where a sheep was reached before death and slaughtered with what was available. This is why users search for hadith about halal slaughter without knife or slaughtering with a stone in Islam.
What we learn from this hadith
- The sheep was not left to die; it was reached and slaughtered.
- The question was taken back to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم for guidance.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم permitted eating from that slaughtered sheep.
