Sunan Abi Dawud 23343

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: A boy is in pledge for his Aqiqah, Sacrifice is made for him on the seventh day, his head is shaved and he is given name. Abu Dawud said: The word wa yusamma is sounder as narrated by Salam b. Abi Muti’ from Qatadah, and narrated by Iyas b. Daghfal and […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23335

A man called the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): We used to sacrifice Atirah in pre-Islamic days during Rajab; so what do you command us? He said: Sacrifice for the sake of Allah in any month whatever; obey Allah, Most High, and feed(the people). He said: We used to sacrifice a Fara’ in pre-Islamic days, so […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23338

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to sacrifice goat out of every fifty goats. Abu Dawud said: Fara’ means the first baby camel born (to the Arabs). They used to sacrifice it for their idols, and then eat it, and its skin was thrown on a tree. ‘Atira was a sacrifice made during the first […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23339

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Two resembling sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl. AbuDawud said: I heard Ahmad (ibn Hanbal) say: The Arabic word mukafi’atani means equal (in age) or resembling each other.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23332

I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the embryo. He replied: Eat it if you wish. Musaddad’s version says: we said: Messenger of Allah, we slaughter a she-camel, a cow and a sheep, and we find an embryo in its womb. Shall we throw it away or eat it? He replied: Eat it if […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23333

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The slaughter of embryo is included when its mother is slaughtered.

Sunan Abi Dawud 23334

(the narrator Musa did not mention the words “from ‘Aishah” in his version from Hammad, and al-Qa’nabi also did not mention the word “from ‘Aishah” in his version from Malik). They (the people) said: Messenger of Allah, there are people here, recent converts from polytheism, who bring us meat and we do not know whether […]

Sunan Abi Dawud 23330

AbulUshara’ reported on the authority of his father: He asked: Messenger of Allah, is the slaughtering to be done only in the upper part of the breast and the throat? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied: If you pierced its thigh, it would serve you. Abu Dawud said: This is the way suitable for slaughtering […]