43/24. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4407 — A Sheep Injured by a Wolf
Slaughtering That Which Has Been Bitten By A Beast Of Prey
Halal Slaughter After a Wolf Attacks a Sheep
Sunan an-Nasai : 4407
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4407
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَاضِرَ بْنَ الْمُهَاجِرِ الْبَاهِلِيَّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، أَنَّ ذِئْبًا، نَيَّبَ فِي شَاةٍ فَذَبَحُوهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَرَخَّصَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي أَكْلِهَا .
Zaid bin Thabit Narrated from:
A wolf attacked a sheep so they slaughtered it with a Marwah, and the Prophet allowed it to be eaten.
[1] Nahr is normally used for camels, while Dhabh for smaller animals. Nahr refers to poking the jugular vein with a spear or sharp item, while Dhabh involves cutting, and more than cutting the jugular vein.Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4407In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 47English translation : Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4412
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4407
This hadith reports that a wolf attacked a sheep and wounded it. The people then slaughtered the sheep with a Marwah, a sharp stone, and the Prophet allowed it to be eaten. The main teaching is tied to an emergency involving an injured animal. Instead of leaving the sheep until it died from the attack, they slaughtered it with the tool available to them. The Prophet's permission confirmed that they could eat it in this reported case. For someone searching for a wolf attacked sheep hadith or slaughtering with a stone in Islam, the narration gives a clear event and answer. It does not list every general rule of halal slaughter, so the explanation should not add conditions that are absent from the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- The sheep was still dealt with through slaughter after the wolf's attack.
- A Marwah was used because it was the available cutting tool.
- The Prophet allowed the slaughtered sheep to be eaten.
- The hadith addresses the specific emergency described by the narrator.
