Food, Drink & Dietary Laws

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Abu Musa told that he saw God’s messenger eating fowl. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Ibn Abu Aufa told that they went on seven expeditions along with God's messenger and ate locusts along with him. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

I was on the expedition when the army had to beat leaves off trees for food and Abu ‘Ubaida was placed in charge. We suffered severe hunger, and then the sea cast up a dead fish the like of which...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Abu Huraira reported God’s messsenger as saying, "When a fly alights in anyone’s vessel he should plunge it all in and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a cure and in the other disease."...

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Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Maimuna said that when a mouse fell into some clarified butter and died God's messenger was asked about it and replied, "Throw it and what is round it away and eat what is left." Bukhari transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Ibn ‘Umar told of hearing the Prophet say, "Kill snakes, kill those which have two streaks and those with small tails, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage." ‘Abdallah said that while he was chasing a snake and trying...

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Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

We went in to visit Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, and while we were sitting we heard a movement under his couch. When we had looked and found a snake in it I jumped up to kill it, but Abu Sa'id who...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Umm Sharik told that God’s messenger ordered geckos to be killed, saying the gecko blew on Abraham.1 1. Al-Qur’an 21:68 speaks of Abraham being put into a fire. In this tradition it is said that the gecko blew on the...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Sa‘d b. Abu Waqqas told that God’s messenger ordered geckos to be killed, calling them noxious little creatures. Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Abu Huraira reported God's messenger as saying, "If anyone kills a gecko with the first blow a hundred good deeds will be recorded for him, less if he kills it at the second and less still if he kills it...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

He reported God’s messenger as saying that when a prophet was stung by an ant he ordered a colony of ants to be burned, and God most high revealed to him, "Because an ant stung you you have burned a...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, "When a mouse falls into clarified butter which, is solid throw the mouse and what is around it away; but if it is in a liquid state do not go near it." Ahmad...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Safina told that he and God's messenger ate the flesh of a bustard. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Ibn ‘Umar told that God's messenger prohibited eating the animal which feeds on filth or drinking its milk. Trimidhi transmitted it. In Abu Dawud’s version he said that he forbade riding the animal which feeds on filth.

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Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

‘Abd ar-Rahman b. Shibl said the Prophet forbade eating the flesh of lizards. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Jabir said the Prophet forbade eating cats or what is paid for them. 1 1. This might be either what was paid in kind, or what was bought with money paid for them. Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

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Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

He said, referring to the day of Khaibar, that God’s messenger declared domestic asses, the flesh of mules, every beast of prey with a fang and every bird with a talon to be unlawful. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Khalid b. al-Walld said God’s messenger prohibited eating the flesh of horses, mules and asses. Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

He said that he went with the Prophet to fight at the battle of Khaibar and the Jews came and complained that the people had hastened to take their green dates, 2 so God’s messenger said, ''The property of those...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered

Ibn ‘Umar reported God’s messenger as saying, "Two types of animals which have died a natural death and two types of blood have been made allowable to us, the two which die a natural death being the fish and the...