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Malik's Muwatta
Book 24 - Slaughtering Animals
Section: Saying the Name of Allah over the
Slaughtered Animal
Book 24, Number
24.1.1:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham
ibn Urwa that his father said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, was asked, 'Messenger of Allah! Some people from the
desert bring us meat, and we do not know whether the name of Allah has been
mentioned over it or not.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, 'Mention the name of Allah over it and eat.' "
Malik said, "That was in the beginning of
Islam."
Book 24, Number
24.1.2:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn
Said that Abdullah ibn Ayyash ibn Abi Rabia al-Makhzumi ordered one of his
slaves to slaughter an animal. When he wanted to slaughter it, he said to him,
"Mention Allah's name." The slave said to him, "I have mentioned the name!" He
said to him, "Mention the name of Allah, bother you!" He said to him, "I have
mentioned the name of Allah " Abdullah ibn Ayyash said, "By Allah, I shall
never eat it!"
Section: Methods of Slaughter Permitted in
Necessity
Book 24, Number
24.2.3:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn
Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that a man from the Ansar of the tribe of Banu
Haritha was herding a pregnant she-camel at Uhud. It was about to die, so he
slaughtered it with a sharp stake. The Messenger of Allah was asked about
that, and he said, "There is no harm in it, eat it."
Book 24, Number
24.2.4:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from
a man of the Ansar from Muadh ibn Sad or Sad ibn Muadh that a slave-girl of
Kab ibn Malik was herding some sheep at Sal (a mountain near Madina). One of
the sheep was about to die, so she went over to it and slaughtered it with a
stone. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was
asked about that, and he said, "There is no harm in it, so eat it."
Book 24, Number
24.2.5:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Thawr ibn
Zayd ad-Dili that Abdullah ibn Abbas was asked about animals slaughtered by
the
Christian Arabs. He said, "There is no harm
in them," but he recited this ayat, "Whoever takes them as friends is from
them." (Sura 5 ayat 54).
Book 24, Number
24.2.6:
Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah
ibn Abbas used to say, "You can eat anything that has had its jugular vein
cut."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn
Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, "There is no harm in whatever you
slaughter with a cutting edge, as long as you are forced to do it by
necessity."
Section: What is Disapproved of in
Slaughtering Animals
Book 24, Number
24.3.7:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn
Said that Abu Murra, the mawla of Aqil ibn Abi Talib asked Abu Hurayra about a
sheep which was slaughtered and then part of it moved. He ordered him to eat
it. Then he asked Zayd ibn Thabit about it, and he said, "Does a corpse move?"
and he forbade eating its meat.
Malik was asked about a sheep which fell down
and injured itself badly and then its master reached it and slaughtered it.
Blood flowed from it but it did not move. Malik said, "If he kills it and
blood flows from it and its eyes blink, he should eat it."
Section: Slaughtering What is in the Womb of a
Slaughtered Animal
Book 24, Number
24.4.8:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that
Abdullah ibn Umar said, "When a she-camel is slaughtered, what is in its womb
is included in the slaughter if it is perfectly formed and its hair has begun
to grow. If it comes out of its mother's womb, it is slaughtered so that blood
flows from its heart."
Book 24, Number
24.4.9:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn
Abdullah ibn Qusayt al-Laythi that Said ibn al- Musayyab said, "The slaughter
of what is in the womb is included in the slaughter of the mother if it is
perfectly formed and its hair has begun to grow."
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