Category: Ibn Majah

It was
narrated that ‘Adi bin Hatim said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of
Allah, we hunt game but we cannot find anything but the sharp edge of
a stone or stick (with which to slaughter it).’ He said: ‘Cause
the
blood to flow with whatever you want, and mention the Name of
Allah
over it.’”

It was
narrated that Rafi’ bin Khadij said: “We were with the Prophet
(ﷺ) on a journey, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we are
(sometimes) on military campaigns, and we have no knife with us.’
He
said: ‘(Use) whatever causes the blood to flow, mention the Name
of
Allah and eat, but (do not use) teeth or nails, for the tooth is a
bone and the nail is the knife of the Ethiopians.”

It was
narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) passed by a boy who was skinning a sheep. The Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) said to him: “Step aside and I will show you how.”
The Messenger
of Allah (ﷺ) put his hand between the skin and the
flesh, and thrust
his arm in until it disappeared up to the armpit,
and said: “O boy,
this is how you skin it.” Then he went and led
the people in prayer
and did not perform Wudu’.

It was
narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
came to
a man from among the Ansar who had picked up a knife to
slaughter an
animal for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ)
said to him: “Avoid those that are lactating.” (i.e. those
from
which milk is received).

It was
narrated from Samurah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Every boy
is
mortgaged by his ‘Aqiqah, so slaughter for him on the seventh day,
and shave his head, and name him.”

Abu
Hurairah narrated that Abu Bakr bin Abu Quhafah narrated that the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him and to ‘Umar: “Let us go out
to
Waqifi.” He said: “So we went out in the moonlight until we
came to
the garden and he (the owner of the garden) said: ‘Welcome.’
Then he
took up the knife and went among the sheep (to choose one for
slaughter), and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Avoid those
that
are lactating.’”

Yazid
bin ‘Abdul-Muzani narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Offer
an
‘Aqiqah for the boy, but do not smear his head with blood.”

It was
narrated from a son of Ka’b bin Malik, from his father, that a
woman slaughtered a sheep with a stone, and that was mentioned to the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but he did not see anything wrong with
that.

It was
narrated that Nubaishah said: “A man called the Messenger of
Allah
(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we used to sacrifice the
‘Atirah during the Ignorance days in Rajab,; what do you command us
to
do?’ He said: “Sacrifice to Allah whatever month it is, do
good for
the sake of Allah and feed (the poor).’ They said: ‘O
Messenger of
Allah, we used to sacrifice the Far’ah during the
Ignorance days; what
do you command us to do?’ He said: ‘For
every Sa’imah* (flock of
grazing animals), feed the firstborn as
you feed the rest of your
flock until it reaches an age where it
could be used to carry loads,
then sacrifice it, and give its meat in
charity’ – I** think he said –
‘to the wayfarer, for that is
good.’”

It was
narrated that Rafi’ bin Khadij said: “We were with the Prophet
(ﷺ) on a journey, and a camel ran away. A man shot an arrow at it
and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘It has the inclination to run away
like a
wild animal. If this happens to any of you, do likewise.’”