Sahih al-Bukhari 2408 (Book 47, Hadith 22)
company of the Prophet (ﷺ) and had some camels and sheep (of the booty). The people hurried (in
slaughtering the animals) and put their meat in the pots and started cooking. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came and
ordered them to upset the pots, and distributed the booty considering one camel as equal to ten sheep.
One of the camels fled and the people had only a few horses, so they got worried. (The camel was
chased and) a man slopped the camel by throwing an arrow at it. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘Some of these
animals are untamed like wild animals, so if anyone of them went out of your control, then you should
treat it as you have done now.’ ” My grandfather said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! We fear that we may meet
our enemy tomorrow and we have no knives, could we slaughter the animals with reeds?” The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, “Yes, or you can use what would make blood flow (slaughter) and you can eat what is
slaughtered and the Name of Allah is mentioned at the time of slaughtering. But don’t use teeth or
fingernails (in slaughtering). I will tell you why, as for teeth, they are bones, and fingernails are used
by Ethiopians for slaughtering. (See Hadith 668)
Sahih al-Bukhari 2408 (Book 47, Hadith 22)
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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