43/19. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4402 — Emergency Slaughter with a Wooden Stake
Permissibility Of Slaughtering With A Stick
Emergency Halal Slaughter with a Wooden Stake
Sunan an-Nasai : 4402
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4402
أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، فَلَقِيتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَسْلَمَ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ كَانَتْ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ نَاقَةٌ تَرْعَى فِي قِبَلِ أُحُدٍ فَعُرِضَ لَهَا فَنَحَرَهَا بِوَتَدٍ . فَقُلْتُ لِزَيْدٍ وَتَدٌ مِنْ خَشَبٍ أَوْ حَدِيدٍ قَالَ لاَ بَلْ خَشَبٌ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَهُ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِهَا .
Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri Narrated from:
A man from among the Ansar had a she-camel which used to graze in front of Uhud. Something happened to it, and he slaughtered it with a stake,"- (Ayyub, one of the narrators, said) I said to Zaid:' A stake of wood or of iron?" He said "No of wood."- "Then he went to the Prophet and asked him, and he told him to eat it." (Sahih)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4402In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 42English translation : Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4407
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4402
This hadith describes a she-camel that was grazing near Uhud when something happened to it. Its owner slaughtered it with a wooden stake, then went to the Prophet and asked about the meat. The Prophet told him to eat it. The report is a practical example of emergency halal slaughter when an animal is in trouble and an ordinary knife may not be ready. The narrator even clarifies that the stake was made of wood, not iron. That detail matters because it shows exactly what was used in this event. The hadith does not give a full list of all valid tools or every condition of slaughter. It simply records the incident, the owner's question, and the Prophet's permission to eat the camel after it had been slaughtered with the wooden stake.
What we learn from this hadith
- The owner acted when an unexpected problem affected the she-camel.
- The slaughtering tool in this report was a wooden stake.
- The owner asked the Prophet before relying on his own assumption.
- The Prophet permitted him to eat the slaughtered camel.
