24. ✧ Chapters on slaughtered animals
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2759No grade recorded
الْجَنِينُ يُذْبَحُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ مَا فِيهِ مِنَ الدَّمِ.
✧ The fetus is slaughtered until the blood within it comes out.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2760No grade recorded
إِنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْجَنِينِ فَقَالَ: ذَكَاتُهُ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ
✧ He asked the Prophet ﷺ about the fetus, and he said: 'Its slaughter is the slaughter of its mother.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2761No grade recorded
يُكْرَهُ أَنْ تُحَدَّ الشَّفْرَةُ وَالشَّاةُ تَنْظُرُ.
✧ It is disliked to sharpen the knife while the sheep is looking.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2762No grade recorded
كَانَ لَا يَرَى بِذَبِيحَةِ الْأَقْلَفِ بَأْسًا
✧ He did not see any harm in the slaughter of an uncircumcised man.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2763No grade recorded
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ ؓ عَنِ الذَّبَائِحِ فَقَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذِ الْتَاثَتْ رَاحِلَةُ أَحَدِنَا طَعَنَ بِالسَّيْفِ فِي صُدْغِهَا
✧ I asked Abu Dharr ؓ about slaughtered animals, and he said: 'We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when the mount of one of us became unruly, and he stabbed it with a sword in its temple.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2764No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ الذَّبْحِ: " بِاسْمِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ، وَمِنْكَ تَقَبَّلْ مِنْ فُلَانٍ "
✧ He used to say at the time of slaughter: 'In the name of Allah, and Allah is most great. O Allah, it is for You and from You, accept from so-and-so.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2765No grade recorded
[ [كَانَ] أَنَسٌ ؓ إِذَا ذَبَحَ قَالَ: " بِاسْمِ اللهِ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ
✧ Anas ؓ, when he slaughtered, said: 'In the name of Allah, and Allah is most great.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2766No grade recorded
ذَبِيحَةُ الْمُسْلِمِ حَلَالٌ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُسَمِّ مَا لَمْ يَتَعَمَّدْ، وَالْعَبْدُ كَذَلِكَ
✧ The slaughtered animal of a Muslim is lawful even if he does not mention the name of Allah, as long as he did not do so intentionally; and the same applies to the slave.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2767No grade recorded
ذَبِيحَةُ الْمُسْلِمِ حَلَالٌ، ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ تَعَالَى أَوْ لَمْ يَذْكُرْهُ، وَإِنَّهُ إِنْ ذَكَرَ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ إِلَّا اسْمَ اللهِ
✧ The slaughtered animal of a Muslim is lawful, whether he mentions the name of Allah the Exalted or does not mention it; and if he mentions, he mentions nothing but the name of Allah.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2768No grade recorded
إِذَا ذَبَحَ الْمُسْلِمُ وَنَسِيَ أَنْ يَذْكُرَ اسْمَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، فَلْيَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ فِيهِ اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللهِ تَعَالَى "
✧ When a Muslim slaughters and forgets to mention the name of Allah the Exalted, let him eat, for in the Muslim there is a name from the names of Allah the Exalted."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2769No grade recorded
مَنْ أَهَلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ، وَمَنْ قَالَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ فَكَذَلِكَ...
✧ Whoever dedicates [a sacrifice] to other than Allah, upon him is the curse of Allah; and whoever says about me what I did not say, likewise...
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2770No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ [حُمَّ] فَنُعِتَ لَهُ لَحْمُ الثَّعْلَبِ فَكَرِهَهُ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ سَبُعٌ.
✧ He was [sick with fever], so fox meat was prescribed for him, but he disliked it, and said: 'It is a beast of prey.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2771No grade recorded
أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِضَبٍّ فِي صَحْفَةٍ [فَقَالَ ﷺ ]: كُلُوا فَإِنِّي عَايِفٌ
✧ A dabb lizard was brought to the Prophet ﷺ on a platter, [and he ﷺ said]: 'Eat, for I find it distasteful.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2772No grade recorded
أُهْدِيَ لَنَا ضَبٌّ فَصَنَعْتُهُ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلَانِ مِنْ قَوْمِهَا فَأَتْحَفَتْهُمَا بِهِ، فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُمَا يَأْكُلَانِ، فَوَضَعَ ﷺ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَهَا، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَتْ: ضَبٌّ أُهْدِيَ لِي فَصَنَعْتُهُ، فَطَرَحَهُ ﷺ، فَذَهَبَا لِيَطْرَحَا مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمَا، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كُلَا فَإِنَّكُمَا أَهْلَ نَجْدٍ تَأْكُلُونَهَا، وَإِنَّا أَهْلَ تِهَامَةَ نَعَافُهَا
✧ A dabb lizard was gifted to us, so I cooked it. Then two men from her people entered upon her, and she offered it to them. Then the Prophet ﷺ entered while they were eating, and he ﷺ placed his hand, then lifted it and said: 'What is this?' She said: 'A dabb lizard gifted to me, so I cooked it.' He ﷺ threw it away, and they went to throw away what was in their hands. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them: 'Eat, for you are people of Najd and you eat it, while we are people of Tihamah and we find it distasteful.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2773No grade recorded
لَا آكُلُ مِنْ لَحْمٍ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ I will not eat from meat that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not eat from.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2774No grade recorded
أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ، فَقَطَعَ عَلَيْهِ خُطْبَتَهُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي الضَّبِّ ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: إِنَّ أُمَّةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُسِخَتْ، فَلَا أَدْرِي أَيُّ الدَّوَابِّ مُسِخَتْ
✧ A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was delivering a sermon, and interrupted his sermon and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about the dabb lizard?' He ﷺ said: 'A nation of the Children of Israel was transformed, and I do not know which of the animals was transformed.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2775No grade recorded
أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِضَبٍّ، فَقَالَ: أُمَّةٌ مُسِخَتْ
✧ A dabb lizard was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'A nation that was transformed.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2776No grade recorded
أُكِلَ الضَّبُّ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْهُ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ [عَنْهُ] ".
✧ The dabb lizard was eaten at the table of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he did not eat it nor did he forbid [it]."
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2777No grade recorded
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَفَعَ إِلَى أَبِي رَافِعٍ ؓ الْعَنَزَةَ، وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ كِلَابَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَتَلَهَا إِلَّا كَلْبًا، فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ بِقَتْلِهِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ handed the spear to Abu Rafi' ؓ and ordered him to kill the dogs of Madinah, so he killed them except one dog. He came to the Prophet ﷺ and he ordered him to kill it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2778No grade recorded
وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبَانَ، ثَنَا هِشَامٌ، بِهِ.:
✧ And al-Harith said: 'Abd al-'Aziz b. Aban narrated to us, Hisham narrated to us, with it.:
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2779No grade recorded
2779 2328 / 3 - وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، ثَنَا هَارُونُ الْخَزَّازُ، ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ [أَبِي] كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ بِنْتِ أَبِي رَافِعٍ ؓ، نَحْوَهُ
✧ Abu Ya'la said: Muhammad b. Abi Bakr narrated to us, Harun al-Khazzaz narrated to us, 'Ali b. al-Mubarak narrated to us, Yahya b. Abi Kathir narrated to us, from the daughter of Abu Rafi' ؓ, something similar.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2780No grade recorded
جَاءَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رِدَاءَهُ، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ بِالْبَابِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " قَدْ أَذِنَّا " فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَلَكِنَّا لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ وَلَا كَلْبٌ، فَنَظَرُوا فَوَجَدُوا جَرْوًا فِي بَعْضِ بُيُوتِهِمْ، فَقَالَ أَبُو رَافِعٍ ؓ: فَأَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ أَصْبَحْتُ، فَلَمْ أَدَعْ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ كَلْبًا إِلَّا قَتَلْتُهُ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِامْرَأَةٍ قَاصِيَةٍ وَلَهَا كَلْبٌ يَنْبَحُ عَنْهَا، فَكَأَنِّي رَحِمْتُهَا فَتَرَكْتُهُ وَجِئْتُهُ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى الْكَلْبِ فَقَتَلْتُهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: مَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ الَّتِي أَمَرْتَ بِقَتْلِهَا ؟، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: وَمَا عَلَّمْتُمْ مِنَ الْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّبِينَ
✧ Jibril ﷺ came and asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He gave him permission, but he was slow to come in. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took his cloak and went to him while he was standing at the door. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'We have given permission.' He said: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah, but we do not enter a house in which there is an image or a dog.' So they looked and found a puppy in one of their houses. Abu Rafi' ؓ said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me when I woke up, and I did not leave a dog in Madinah without killing it. Then I came upon a woman in a remote area who had a dog that barked in her defense, and I felt compassion for her, so I left it and came to him ﷺ and informed him. He commanded me to kill it, so I returned to the dog and killed it.' He said: 'The people said: What is lawful for us, O Messenger of Allah, of this community that you commanded to be killed?' Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, sent down: 'And what you have trained of hunting animals, as trainers' (Qur'an 5:4).
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2781No grade recorded
رَوَاهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِطُولِهِ
✧ Abu Ya'la narrated it from Abu Bakr in full.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2782No grade recorded
إِذَا أَرْسَلَ الرَّجُلُ كَلْبَهُ وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللهِ فَلْيَأْكُلْ مَا لَمْ يَأْكُلْ
✧ When a man sends his dog and mentions the name of Allah, let him eat what it catches as long as it does not eat.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2783No grade recorded
يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ، اقْتُلْ كُلَّ كَلْبٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ. قَالَ: فَوَجَدْتُ نِسْوَةً فِي الْمَدِينَةِ مِنَ الْبَقِيعِ لَهُنَّ كَلْبٌ، فَقُلْنَ: يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَغْزَى رِجَالَنَا، وَإِنَّ هَذَا الْكَلْبَ يَنْفَعُنَا بَعْدَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَاللهِ مَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَأْتِيَنَا حَتَّى تَقُومَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَّا فَتَحُولَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ، فَاذْكُرْهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو رَافِعٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا رَافِعٍ، اقْتُلْهُ فَإِنَّمَا يَمْنَعُهُنَّ اللهُ تَعَالَى
✧ 'O Abu Rafi', kill every dog in Madinah.' He said: 'I found some women in Madinah from al-Baqi' who had a dog. They said: O Abu Rafi', the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent our men on a military expedition, and this dog benefits us after Allah, Exalted. By Allah, no one can come to us unless one of our women stands and gets between him and it. Mention it to the Prophet ﷺ.' He said: 'Abu Rafi' mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: O Abu Rafi', kill it, for Allah, Exalted, will protect them.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2784No grade recorded
وَحَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ، ثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ بِهِ.::
✧ And 'Amr b. al-Dahhak b. Makhlad narrated to us, Abu 'Asim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj with it.::
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2785No grade recorded
أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ، فَخَرَجْتُ لَا أَرَى كَلْبًا إِلَّا قَتَلْتُهُ، فَإِذَا كَلْبٌ يَدُورُ، فَذَهَبْتُ لِقَتْلِهِ فَنَادَانِي إِنْسَانٌ مِنْ جَوْفِ بَيْتٍ، مَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَصْنَعَ ؟ قُلْتُ: أَقْتُلُ هَذَا الْكَلْبَ، قَالَتْ: إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ بِضَيْعَةٌ، وَهَذَا الْكَلْبُ يَمْنَعُ عَنِّي السَّبُعَ، وَيُؤْذِنُ بِالْخَايِنِ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَأَمَرَنِي بِقَتْلِهِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to kill dogs. I went out and did not see a dog without killing it. Then there was a dog going around, and I went to kill it, but a person from inside a house called out to me: 'What do you want to do?' I said: 'I want to kill this dog.' She said: 'I am a woman in a remote area, and this dog protects me from wild animals and alerts me to intruders.' So I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him, and he commanded me to kill it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2786No grade recorded
مَنِ اتَّخَذَ كَلْبًا لَيْسَ كَلْبَ مَاشِيَةٍ، أَوْ كَلْبَ صَيْدٍ، نَقَصَ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطَانِ
✧ Whoever keeps a dog that is not a dog for livestock or a hunting dog, two qirats are deducted from his reward every day.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2787No grade recorded
كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةً... قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا خَارِجًا وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ جُلُوسٌ، إِذْ جَاءَهُ الذِّئْبُ حَتَّى أَقْعَى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ بَصْبَصَ [بِذَنَبِهِ]. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هَذَا الذِّئْبُ، وَهَذَا وَافِدُ الذِّيَابِ، فَمَا تَرَوْنَ ؟ أَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالِكُمْ شَيْئًا ؟، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: لَا وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَا نَجْعَلُ لَهُ مِنْ أَمْوَالِنَا شَيْئًا. فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَرَمَاهُ بِحَجَرٍ فَأَدْبَرَ وَلَهُ عُوَاءٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الذِّئْبُ وَمَا الذِّئْبُ ". ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ
✧ I was sitting with Abu Hurayrah ؓ and he mentioned a story... He said: Then he began to narrate, saying: 'One day the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was outside while we were sitting with him, when a wolf came to him and sat on its haunches in front of him, then wagged its tail. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: This is the wolf, and this is the envoy of the wolves. What do you think? Would you give it something from your wealth? The people said: No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we will not give it anything from our wealth. A man got up and threw a stone at it, and it turned back howling. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The wolf, and what about the wolf? Three times.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2788No grade recorded
عُمُرُ الذُّبَابِ أَرْبَعُونَ لَيْلَةً، وَالذُّبَابُ كُلُّهُ فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا النَّحْلَ
✧ The lifespan of a fly is forty nights, and all flies are in the Fire except the bee.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2789No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ، ثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ الْعَاصِ، ثَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ مَرْفُوعًا مِثْلَهُ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: " إِلَّا النَّحْلَ "
✧ Abu Sa'id narrated to us, 'Uqbah b. Khalid narrated to us, 'Anbasah b. al-'As narrated to me, Hanzalah narrated to us, from Anas ؓ in marfu' form, similar to it, but he did not say: 'except the bee.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2790No grade recorded
الذُّبَابُ كُلُّهُ فِي النَّارِ إِلَّا النَّحْلَ
✧ All flies are in the Fire except the bee.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2791No grade recorded
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ، ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ - هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ - عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ، مَرْفُوعًا مِثْلَهُ، وَأُدْرِجُ: " قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ " فِي الْخَبَرِ
✧ Abū Ṭālib narrated to us: Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh narrated to us, from Layth—he is Ibn Abī Sulaym—from Mujāhid, from Ibn ʿUmar ؓ, marfūʿan, likewise, and it was inserted: “Mujāhid said” in the report.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2792No grade recorded
صَوْتُ الدِّيكِ، وَضَرْبُهُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ، رُكُوعُهُ وَسُجُودُهُ
✧ The sound of the rooster, its beating with its wings, is its bowing and prostration.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2793No grade recorded
الدِّيكُ الْأَبْيَضُ صَدِيقِي، وَصَدِيقُ صَدِيقِي، وَعَدُوُّ عَدُوِّي
✧ The white rooster is my friend, and the friend of my friend, and the enemy of my enemy.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2794No grade recorded
يَحْرُسُ دَارَ صَاحِبِهِ وَتِسْعَ دُورٍ حَوْلَهُ، وَكَانَ يُبَيِّتُهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ
✧ It guards the house of its owner and nine houses around it, and he would keep it overnight in his house.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2795No grade recorded
خَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي خَلْفِي، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: عَلِيٌّ ؓ، فَمَشَيْتُ خَلْفَهُ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى أَصْحَابِ السَّمَكِ فَقَالَ: لَا يُبَاعُ فِي سُوقِنَا طَافٍ
✧ I came out of the mosque, and there was a man calling out behind me. I said, “Who is this?” They said, “ʿAlī ؓ.” I walked behind him until he came upon the fish sellers, and he said, “No floater is to be sold in our market.”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2796No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ عَلَى بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَيْنَ اللَّحَّامُونَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْكُمْ، لَا تَأْكُلُوا الْحَشَا. قَالَ النَّضْرُ: يَعْنِي الطِّحَالَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيْنَ السَّمَّاكُونَ ؟ فَقَالُوا: هَؤُلَاءِ، فَسَارَ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيْكُمْ، أَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنَ الصِّلَّوْرِ وَلَا الْأَنْقَلِيسَ
✧ I saw ʿAmmār b. Yāsir on the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ white mule, and he was saying, “Where are the butchers?” Then he said, “Indeed I am the messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to you: do not eat the ḥashā.” Al-Naḍr said: meaning the spleen. Then he said, “Where are the fish sellers?” They said, “Here they are.” So he moved until he stood over them and said, “Indeed I am the messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to you: do not eat from the ṣillawr or the anqalīs.”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2797No grade recorded
دَخَلْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى خَالَتِي مَيْمُونَةَ ؓ، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: أَلَا نُقَدِّمَ لَكَ شَيْئًا أَهْدَتْهُ لَنَا حَفِيدُ أُمِّ عَتِيقٍ، فَأَتَتْهُ ﷺ بِضِبَابٍ مَشْوِيَّةٍ، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا تَفَلَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا، وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَأْكُلَ
✧ I entered with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ upon my maternal aunt Maymūna ؓ. She said to him, “Shall we present to you something that Ḥafīd Umm ʿAtīq gifted to us?” So she brought him ﷺ roasted ḍabb lizards. When he saw them, he spat three times and did not eat from them, and he ordered us to eat.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2798No grade recorded
نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَنْ أَكْلِ الْحِمَارِ الْأَهْلِيِّ، وَعَنْ كُلِّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade on the day of Khaybar the eating of domesticated donkey, and of every beast of prey with fangs.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2799No grade recorded
أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ: " يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ جُلَّ مَا لِي فِي الْحُمُرِ، أَفَأُصِيبُ مِنْهَا ؟ قَالَ ﷺ: أَلَيْسَ تَرْعَى الْفَلَاةَ وَتَأْكُلُ الشَّجَرَ ؟. قُلْتُ: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَأَصِبْ مِنْهَا
✧ I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, “O Messenger of Allah, most of my wealth is in donkeys; may I acquire from them?” He ﷺ said, “Does it not graze on open land and eat from trees?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Then acquire from them.”
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2800No grade recorded
لَقَدْ أَتَانَا نَهْيُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ وَنَحْنُ بِخَيْبَرَ، وَإِنَّ الْقُدُورَ لَتَفُورُ بِهَا، فَكَفَأْنَاهَا عَلَى وُجُوهِهَا
✧ The prohibition of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from eating the meat of donkeys came to us while we were at Khaybar, and the pots were boiling with it, so we overturned them on their faces.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2801No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ، فَذَكَرَ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ شَيْئًا، فَرَخَّصَ لَهُمْ فِيهَا
✧ That he asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the meat of domesticated donkeys, and he mentioned to them something of their matter, and he permitted them regarding it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2802No grade recorded
نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْجَلَّالَةِ أَنْ يُؤْكَلَ لَحْمُهَا وَأَنْ يُشْرَبَ لَبَنُهَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the jallāla: that its meat be eaten or its milk be drunk.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2803No grade recorded
إِذَا رَمَيْتَ طَيْرًا فَتَرَدَّى مِنْ جَبَلٍ، فَمَاتَ فَلَا تَطْعَمْهُ، فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ التَّرَدِّي قَتَلَهُ، وَإِذَا رَمَيْتَ طَيْرًا فَوَقَعَ فِي مَاءٍ فَلَا تَطْعَمْهُ، فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَاءُ قَتَلَهُ
✧ If you shoot a bird and it falls off a mountain and dies, do not eat it, for I fear the fall killed it. And if you shoot a bird and it falls into water, do not eat it, for I fear the water killed it.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2804No grade recorded
نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِ أُذُنَيِ الْقَلْبِ
✧ He forbade eating the two ears of the heart.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2805No grade recorded
إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَخْبَرَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَنَّ سَعْدًا يَأْكُلُ الضِّبَاعَ، فَلَمْ يُنْكِرْ ذَلِكَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ؓ
✧ A man informed Ibn ʿUmar that Saʿd eats hyenas, and Ibn ʿUmar ؓ did not disapprove of that.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2806No grade recorded
كَانَ عَطَاءٌ لَا يَرَى بِأَكْلِهَا بَأْسًا، وَيَقُولُ: هِيَ صَيْدٌ
✧ ʿAṭāʾ saw no harm in eating them, saying: 'They are game.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2807No grade recorded
نَهَى عَنْ لَبَنِ الشَّاةِ الْجَلَّالَةِ، أَيِ الَّتِي تَأْكُلُ الْعَذِرَةَ
✧ He forbade the milk of a jallālah sheep, meaning one that eats filth.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2808No grade recorded
إِنَّ بَقَرَةً انْفَلَتَتْ عَلَى خَمْرٍ فَشَرِبَتْ [مِنْهُ] فَخَافُوا عَلَيْهَا فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: كُلُوا، وَلَا بَأْسَ بِأَكْلِهَا
✧ A cow broke loose and drank wine; they feared for it and came to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: 'Eat, and there is no harm in eating it.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2809No grade recorded
نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْلِ كُلِّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ وَمِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade eating every predator with fangs and every bird with talons.
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2810No grade recorded
خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثًا طَوِيلًا [جِدًّا] وَفِيهِ: وَمَنْ أَطْعَمَ طَعَامًا رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً أَطْعَمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ صَدِيدِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الطَّعَامُ نَارًا فِي بَطْنِهِ حَتَّى يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon and mentioned a very long hadith, in which [he said]: 'Whoever feeds [others] food for ostentation and reputation, Allah Almighty will feed him from the pus of Hell, and that food will be fire in his belly until judgment is passed among people.'
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2811No grade recorded
كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي رَبَاحٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ: ابْنُ أُثَالٍ، وَكَانَ شَاعِرًا أَتَى الْفَرَزْدَقَ بِمَاءٍ بِظَهْرِ الْكُوفَةِ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْقِرَ هَذَا مِائَةً مِنَ الْإِبِلِ، وَهَذَا مِائَةً مِنَ الْإِبِلِ إِذَا وَرَدَتِ الْمَاءَ، فَلَمَّا وَرَدَتْ قَامَا إِلَيْهَا بِالسُّيُوفِ يَكْتَسِعَانِ عَرَاقِيبَهَا، فَخَرَجَ النَّاسُ عَلَى الْحُمُرَاتِ وَالْبِغَالِ يُرِيدُونَ اللَّحْمَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ بِالْكُوفَةِ، فَخَرَجَ عَلَى بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَهُوَ يُنَادِي: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ لُحُومِهَا، فَإِنَّهُ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ تَعَالَى
✧ There was a man from Banū Rabāḥ called Ibn Uthāl, a poet, who came with al-Farazdaq to water at the outskirts of Kufa, on condition that this one would hamstring a hundred camels and this one a hundred camels when they came to the water. When they came, they attacked them with swords, cutting their hocks. The people went out on donkeys and mules seeking the meat, while ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib ؓ was in Kufa. He went out on the white mule of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, calling: 'O people, do not eat their meat, for it has been consecrated to other than Allah Almighty.'