It wasnarrated that Umm Kurz said:
"I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say:'Onbehalf of a boy, two sheep of equal age and on behalf of a girlonesheep.'"
It wasnarrated that 'Aishah said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commanded us to sacrifice two sheep for a boy's 'Aqiqah and onesheepfor a girl."
It wasnarrated from Salman bin 'Amir that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ)say:
"For a boy there should be an 'Aqiqah, so shed blood for him andremove the harm from him."
It wasnarrated from Samurah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Every boyismortgaged by his 'Aqiqah, so slaughter for him on the seventh day,and shave his head, and name him."
Yazidbin 'Abdul-Muzani narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Offeran'Aqiqah for the boy, but do not smear his head with blood."
It wasnarrated that Nubaishah said:
"A man called the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we used to sacrifice the'Atirah during the Ignorance days in Rajab,; what do you command ustodo?' He said: "Sacrifice to Allah whatever month it is, dogood forthe sake of Allah and feed (the poor).' They said: 'OMessenger ofAllah, we used to sacrifice the Far'ah during theIgnorance days; whatdo you command us to do?' He said: 'Forevery Sa'imah* (flock ofgrazing animals), feed the firstborn asyou feed the rest of yourflock until it reaches an age where itcould be used to carry loads,then sacrifice it, and give its meat incharity' – I** think he said –'to the wayfarer, for that isgood.'"
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
"Thereisno Far'ah and no 'Atirah."
It wasnarrated from Muhammad bin Abu ('Umar) 'Adani that the Prophet(ﷺ) said:
"There is no Far'ah and no 'Atirah."
It wasnarrated from Shaddad bin Aws that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said:
"Allah has prescribed Al-Ihsan (proficiency) in allthings. So ifyou kill, then kill well, and if you slaughter, thenslaughter well.Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare sufferingto the animal heslaughters."
It wasnarrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said:
"The Prophet (ﷺ)passed by a man who was dragging a sheep by its ear. He said: 'Leaveits ear alone and hold it by the sides of its neck.'"
It wasnarrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said:
"The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) commanded that the blade should be sharpened, and hiddenfromthe animals, and he said: 'When one of you slaughters, let him doit quickly.'"
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Abbas:
"And certainly, the Shayatin(devils)do inspire their friends (from mankind)." [6:121] He said:"Theyused to say: 'Whatever the Name of Allah has been mentionedover,do not eat it, and whatever the Name of Allah has not beenmentionedover, eat it.' Then Allah said: "Eat not of that over whichAllah's Name has not been pronounced.'" [6:121]
It wasnarrated from 'Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, that somepeople said:
"O Messenger of Allah, some people bring us meat, andwedo not know whether the Name of Allah has been mentioned over itornot." He said: "Say: Bismillah and eat.' They were new inIslam.
It wasnarrated that Muhammad bin Saifi said:
"I slaughtered tworabbitswith a sharp-edges stone and brought them to the Prophet(ﷺ), andhe told me to eat them."
It wasnarrated from Zaid bin Thabit that a wolf bit a sheep, andtheyslaughtered it with a sharp-edged stone, and the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) allowed them to eat it.
It wasnarrated that 'Adi bin Hatim said:
"I said: 'O Messenger ofAllah, we hunt game but we cannot find anything but the sharp edge ofa stone or stick (with which to slaughter it).' He said: 'Causetheblood to flow with whatever you want, and mention the Name ofAllahover it.'"
It wasnarrated that Rafi' bin Khadij said:
"We were with the Prophet(ﷺ) on a journey, and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we are(sometimes) on military campaigns, and we have no knife with us.'Hesaid: '(Use) whatever causes the blood to flow, mention the NameofAllah and eat, but (do not use) teeth or nails, for the tooth is abone and the nail is the knife of the Ethiopians."
It wasnarrated from Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) passed by a boy who was skinning a sheep. The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) said to him:
"Step aside and I will show you how."The Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) put his hand between the skin and theflesh, and thrusthis arm in until it disappeared up to the armpit,and said: "O boy,this is how you skin it." Then he went and ledthe people in prayerand did not perform Wudu'.
It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)came toa man from among the Ansar who had picked up a knife toslaughter ananimal for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ)said to him:
"Avoid those that are lactating." (i.e. thosefromwhich milk is received).
AbuHurairah narrated that Abu Bakr bin Abu Quhafah narrated that theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him and to 'Umar:
"Let us go outtoWaqifi." He said: "So we went out in the moonlight until wecame tothe garden and he (the owner of the garden) said: 'Welcome.'Then hetook up the knife and went among the sheep (to choose one forslaughter), and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Avoid thosethatare lactating.'"
It wasnarrated from a son of Ka'b bin Malik, from his father, that awoman slaughtered a sheep with a stone, and that was mentioned to theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), but he did not see anything wrong withthat.
It wasnarrated that Rafi' bin Khadij said:
"We were with the Prophet(ﷺ) on a journey, and a camel ran away. A man shot an arrow at itand the Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'It has the inclination to run awaylike awild animal. If this happens to any of you, do likewise.'"
It wasnarrated from Abu 'Ushara' that his father said:
"I said: 'OMessenger of Allah, should slaughtering only be done in the throat orupper chest?' He said: 'If you stab it in the thigh that willsufficeyou.'"
It wasnarrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said:
"The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) forbade mutilating animals."
It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik said:
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)forbade tying up animals."
It wasnarrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:
'Do not take anything with a soul as a target."
Jabirbin 'Abdullah said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbadekillingany animal when it is tied up (for use as a target)."
It wasnarrated that Ibn 'Umar said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade the meat and milk of Al-Jallalah."*
It wasnarrated that Asm'a bint Abu Bakr said:
"We slaughtered ahorseand ate its meat during the time of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)."
It wasnarrated from Abu Zubair that he heard Jabir bin 'Abdullahsay:
"Atthe time of Khaibar we ate horses and wild donkeys."
It wasnarrated that Abu Ishaq Shaibani said:
"I asked 'Abdullah binAbuAwfa about the flesh of domesticated donkeys and he said: 'We werestarving on the Day of Khaibar, when we were with the Prophet (ﷺ).The people had gotten some donkeys as spoils of war on the way outfrom Al-Madinah, so we slaughtered them and our cooking pots wereboiling when the caller of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cried out,telling us to overturn out pots and not to eat anything of the fleshof donkeys. So we overturned them.' I said to 'Abdullah bin AbuAwfa:'Was it made unlawful?' He said: 'We think that theMessenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade it altogether because it eatsexcrement.'"
It wasnarrated from Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib Al-Kindi that theMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) forbade several things, until he mentioned(the meat of)domesticated donkeys.
It wasnarrated that Bara' bin 'Azib said:
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) commanded us to throw away the meat of domesticated donkeys,rawor cooked, then he did not say anything to us about it afterthat."
It wasnarrated that Salamah bin Akwa' said:
"We went out with theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the campaign of Khaibar, and in theevening the people lit their fires. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: 'Whatareyou cooking?' They said: 'The meat of domesticated donkeys.'He said:'Throw out what is in them (the pots) and break them.' Aman said: 'Orcan we throw out what is in them and wash them?'The Prophet (ﷺ)said: 'Or (do) that.'"
It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the caller of the Prophet(ﷺ)cried out:
"Allah and His Messenger forbid you to eat the fleshofdomesticated donkeys, for it is filthy."
It wasnarrated that 'Ata' narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said:
"Weused to eat the meat of horses." I said: "And mules?" He said:"No."
It wasnarrated that Khalid bin Walid said:
"The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)forbade the flesh of horses, mules and donkeys."
It wasnarrated that Abu Sa'eed said:
"We asked the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) about the fetus. He said: 'Eat it if you wish, for it isconsidered legally slaughtered with the slaughtering of its mother.'"