Sahih al-Bukhari 2392 (Book 47, Hadith 6)
hungry and captured some camels and sheep (as booty). The Prophet (ﷺ) was behind the people. They
hurried and slaughtered the animals and put their meat in pots and started cooking it. (When the
Prophet came) he ordered the pots to be upset and then he distributed the animals (of the booty),
regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels fled and the people ran after it till they
were exhausted. At that time there were few horses. A man threw an arrow at the camel, and Allah
stopped the camel with it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Some of these animals are like wild animals, so if you
lose control over one of these animals, treat it in this way (i.e. shoot it with an arrow).” Before
distributing them among the soldiers my grandfather said, “We may meet the enemies in the future
and have no knives; can we slaughter the animals with reeds?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Use whatever
causes blood to flow, and eat the animals if the name of Allah has been mentioned on slaughtering
them. Do not slaughter with teeth or fingernails and I will tell you why: It is because teeth are bones
(i.e. cannot cut properly) and fingernails are the tools used by the Ethiopians (whom we should not
imitate for they are infidels).
Sahih al-Bukhari 2392 (Book 47, Hadith 6)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The monumental hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari was authored by the renowned scholar al-Bukhārī approximately in the year 847. It is universally regarded as one of the most valued and authentic texts in Sunni Islamic scholarship, second only to the Quran in authority. This work is a primary member of the Kutub al-Sittah, a group of six trusted hadith collections that also includes the works of Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Bukhārī’s compilation is vast, featuring 7,563 hadiths systematically arranged across 97 different books.
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