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Sahih Bukhari 5543 — Rules of Halal Slaughter
To slaughter sheep or camels from war booty without the permission of the companions
لِحَدِيثِ رَافِعٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَقَالَ طَاوُسٌ وَعِكْرِمَةُ فِي ذَبِيحَةِ السَّارِقِ اطْرَحُوهُ.
Hadith About Halal Slaughter with Allah's Name
Sahih Bukhari : 5543
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5543
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّنَا نَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا، وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى. فَقَالَ " مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ فَكُلُوا، مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ سِنٌّ وَلاَ ظُفُرٌ، وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ، وَأَمَّا الظُّفْرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ ". وَتَقَدَّمَ سَرَعَانُ النَّاسِ فَأَصَابُوا مِنَ الْغَنَائِمِ وَالنَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي آخِرِ النَّاسِ فَنَصَبُوا قُدُورًا فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَأُكْفِئَتْ وَقَسَمَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَعَدَلَ بَعِيرًا بِعَشْرِ شِيَاهٍ، ثُمَّ نَدَّ بَعِيرٌ مِنْ أَوَائِلِ الْقَوْمِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُمْ خَيْلٌ فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ اللَّهُ. فَقَالَ " إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْبَهَائِمِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَمَا فَعَلَ مِنْهَا هَذَا فَافْعَلُوا مِثْلَ هَذَا ".
Rafi' bin Khadij Narrated from:
I said to the Prophet, "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 (ﷺ) was behind the people. So they placed the cooking pots on the fire, but the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) 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).
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5543In-book reference : Book 72, Hadith 68USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 451
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5543
This Hadith explains key points about halal slaughter in Islam. Rafi bin Khadij asked what to do when they had no knives. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that if an animal is slaughtered with something that makes the blood flow and Allah's Name is mentioned, it may be eaten, as long as the tool is not a tooth or nail. He explained that a tooth is bone and a nail was described as the knife of Ethiopians. The Hadith also mentions a runaway camel that was stopped with an arrow. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said some animals can act like wild beasts, and if one runs away like that, the same method may be used.
What we learn from this hadith
- Allah's Name should be mentioned when slaughtering.
- The slaughtering tool should cause the blood to flow.
- A tooth or nail is excluded in this text.
- A runaway animal may be stopped when it cannot be caught.
