Q
Why are certain tools like teeth and nails prohibited for slaughtering animals in Islamic teachings?
A
While we were with the Prophet. on a journey, one of the camels ran away. A man shot it with an
arrow and stopped it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Of these camels some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of
them runs away and you cannot catch it, then do like this (shoot it with an arrow).” I said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Sometimes when we are in battles or on a journey we want to slaughter (animals) but we
have no knives.” He said, “Listen! If you slaughter the animal with anything that causes its blood to
flow out, and if Allah’s Name is mentioned on slaughtering it, eat of it, provided that the slaughtering
instrument is not a tooth or a nail, as the tooth is a bone and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians.”
arrow and stopped it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Of these camels some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of
them runs away and you cannot catch it, then do like this (shoot it with an arrow).” I said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Sometimes when we are in battles or on a journey we want to slaughter (animals) but we
have no knives.” He said, “Listen! If you slaughter the animal with anything that causes its blood to
flow out, and if Allah’s Name is mentioned on slaughtering it, eat of it, provided that the slaughtering
instrument is not a tooth or a nail, as the tooth is a bone and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians.”
Referensi:
Sahih al-Bukhari 5544, Book 72, Hadith 69
Sahih al-Bukhari 5544, Book 72, Hadith 69
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