"A man called the Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) and said: `O Messenger of Allah, we used to sacrifice the`Atirah during the Ignorance days in Rajab,; what do you command ustodo?' He said: "Sacrifice to Allah whatever month it is, dogood forthe sake of Allah and feed (the poor).' They said: `OMessenger of Allah, we used to sacrifice the Far'ah during theIgnorance days; whatdo you command us to do?' He said: `Forevery Sa'imah* (flock ofgrazing animals), feed the firstborn asyou feed the rest of yourflock until it reaches an age where itcould be used to carry loads,then sacrifice it, and give its meat incharity' - I** think he said -`to the wayfarer, for that isgood.'"
It was narrated from Shaddad bin Aws that the Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) said:
"Allah has prescribed Al-Ihsan (proficiency) in allthings. So ifyou kill, then kill well, and if you slaughter, thenslaughter well.Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare sufferingto the animal heslaughters."
"The Prophet (Peach be upon him)passed by a man who was dragging a sheep by its ear. He said: `Leaveits ear alone and hold it by the sides of its neck.'"
"The Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) commanded that the blade should be sharpened, and hiddenfromthe animals, and he said: `When one of you slaughters, let him doit quickly.'"
"And certainly, the Shayatin(devils)do inspire their friends (from mankind)." [6:121] He said:"Theyused to say: `Whatever the Name of Allah has been mentionedover,do not eat it, and whatever the Name of Allah has not beenmentionedover, eat it.' Then Allah said: "Eat not of that over whichAllah's Name has not been pronounced.'" [6:121]
It was narrated from `Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, that somepeople said:
"O Messenger of Allah, some people bring us meat, andwedo not know whether the Name of Allah has been mentioned over itornot." He said: "Say: Bismillah and eat.' They were new inIslam.
It was narrated from Zaid bin Thabit that a wolf bit a sheep, andtheyslaughtered it with a sharp-edged stone, and the Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) allowed them to eat it.
"I said: `O Messenger of Allah, we hunt game but we cannot find anything but the sharp edge ofa stone or stick (with which to slaughter it).' He said: `Causetheblood to flow with whatever you want, and mention the Name ofAllahover it.'"
"We were with the Prophet(Peach be upon him) on a journey, and I said: `O Messenger of Allah, we are(sometimes) on military campaigns, and we have no knife with us.'Hesaid: `(Use) whatever causes the blood to flow, mention the NameofAllah and eat, but (do not use) teeth or nails, for the tooth is abone and the nail is the knife of the Ethiopians."
It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) passed by a boy who was skinning a sheep. The Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) said to him:
"Step aside and I will show you how."The Messengerof Allah (Peach be upon him) put his hand between the skin and theflesh, and thrusthis arm in until it disappeared up to the armpit,and said: "O boy,this is how you skin it." Then he went and ledthe people in prayerand did not perform Wudu'.
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him)came toa man from among the Ansar who had picked up a knife toslaughter ananimal for the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) said to him:
"Avoid those that are lactating." (i.e. thosefromwhich milk is received).
AbuHurairah narrated that Abu Bakr bin Abu Quhafah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) said to him and to `Umar:
"Let us go outtoWaqifi." He said: "So we went out in the moonlight until wecame tothe garden and he (the owner of the garden) said: `Welcome.'Then hetook up the knife and went among the sheep (to choose one forslaughter), and the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) said: `Avoid thosethatare lactating.'"
It was narrated from a son of Ka'b bin Malik, from his father, that awoman slaughtered a sheep with a stone, and that was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him), but he did not see anything wrong withthat.
"We were with the Prophet(Peach be upon him) on a journey, and a camel ran away. A man shot an arrow at itand the Prophet (Peach be upon him) said: `It has the inclination to run awaylike awild animal. If this happens to any of you, do likewise.'"
It was narrated from Abu `Ushara' that his father said:
"I said: `OMessenger of Allah, should slaughtering only be done in the throat orupper chest?' He said: `If you stab it in the thigh that willsufficeyou.'"
"I asked `Abdullah binAbuAwfa about the flesh of domesticated donkeys and he said: `We werestarving on the Day of Khaibar, when we were with the Prophet (Peach be upon him).The people had gotten some donkeys as spoils of war on the way outfrom Al-Madinah, so we slaughtered them and our cooking pots wereboiling when the caller of the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) cried out,telling us to overturn out pots and not to eat anything of the fleshof donkeys. So we overturned them.' I said to `Abdullah bin AbuAwfa:`Was it made unlawful?' He said: `We think that the Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) forbade it altogether because it eatsexcrement.'"
It was narrated from Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib Al-Kindi that the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) forbade several things, until he mentioned(the meat of)domesticated donkeys.
"The Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) commanded us to throw away the meat of domesticated donkeys,rawor cooked, then he did not say anything to us about it afterthat."
"We went out with the Messenger of Allah (Peach be upon him) on the campaign of Khaibar, and in theevening the people lit their fires. The Prophet (Peach be upon him) said: `Whatareyou cooking?' They said: `The meat of domesticated donkeys.'He said:`Throw out what is in them (the pots) and break them.' Aman said: `Orcan we throw out what is in them and wash them?'The Prophet (Peach be upon him) said: `Or (do) that.'"
"We asked the Messenger of Allah(Peach be upon him) about the fetus. He said: `Eat it if you wish, for it isconsidered legally slaughtered with the slaughtering of its mother.'"
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