Food, Drink & Dietary Laws

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

‘Adi b. Hatim told that God’s messenger said to him, “When you set off your dog mention God's name, and if it catches anything for you and you come up to it while it is still alive cut its throat;...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

He said he told God’s messenger that he set off trained dogs, and he replied, “Eat what they catch for you.” He asked if that applied even if they killed the game, and he replied that it did. He told...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani told that he said, “Prophet of God, we are in a land belonging to folk who are people of the Book, so may we eat out of their vessels? In a hunting region I hunt with my...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

He reported God’s messenger as saying, “When you shoot your arrow and the animal goes out of your sight, eat it when you come upon it, provided it has not a stench.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

He reported the Prophet as saying about one who comes three days later on the game he has shot, “Eat it, provided it has not a stench.” Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

‘A'isha told that some people said, “Messenger of God, there are people here, recent converts from polytheism, who bring us meat and we do not know whether or not they mention God’s name over it.” He replied, “Mention God’s name...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Abut Tufail said ‘Ali was asked whether God’s messenger had given them* any instruction for themselves alone and replied that he had given them none which did not apply to all the people except what was in the scabbard of...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Rafi‘ b. Khadij told that he said, “Messenger of God, we shall meet the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives; may we kill animals with canes?”* He replied, “When God’s name is mentioned you may eat what is killed...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Ka‘b b. Malik told that he had sheep which were pastured at Sal‘, and when a slavegirl of his saw one of their sheep which was dying she broke a stone and cut its throat with it. He questioned the...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Shaddad b. Aus reported God’s messenger as saying, “God who is blessed and exalted has decreed that everything should be done in a good way, so when you kill use a good method, and when you cut an animal’s throat...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Ibn ‘Umar told that he heard God’s messenger prohibit keeping an animal or anything else* waiting to be killed. *The word translated animal is bahima, which indicates a quadruped. “Anything else” means other creatures which are killed for food. The...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

He told that the Prophet cursed those who used a living creature as a target. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Ibn ‘Abbas reported the Prophet as saying, "Do not take any living creature as a target." Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Jabir told that God’s messenger forbade striking the face and branding on the face. Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

He reported the Prophet as saying when an ass which had been branded on its face passed him, “God curse the one who branded it!” Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Anas told that one morning he took ‘Abdallah b. Abu Talha to God’s messenger for him to chew something and rub his palate with it,* and found him with a branding-iron in his hand branding the camels of the sadaqa....

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Hisham b. Zaid quoted Anas as saying that he went to visit the Prophet when he was in an enclosure and saw him branding sheep. He thought he said it was on their ears. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

‘Adi b. Hatim told that he said, “Tell me, messenger of God; when one of us catches game and has no knife, may he cut its throat with a flint and a splinter of stick?” He replied, “Cause the blood...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Abul ‘Ushara’* quoted his father as telling that he said, “Is the slaughtering to be done, messenger of God, only in the throat and the upper part of the breast?” He replied, “If you pierced its thigh that would serve...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

‘Adi b. Hatim reported the Prophet as saying, “Eat whatever is caught for you by a dog or a hawk which you have trained and set off when you have mentioned God’s name.” He asked whether that applied if it...