Sahih al-BukhariVolume 7 • Book 67 • Hadith 409

Hunting, Slaughtering — Hadith 409

English Translation

Narrated Ka'b: that a slave girl of theirs used to shepherd some sheep at Si'a (a mountain near Medina). On seeing one of her sheep dying, she broke a stone and slaughtered it. Ka'b said to his family, "Do not eat (of it) till I go to the Prophet and ask him, or, till I send someone to ask him." So he went to the Prophet or sent someone to him The Prophet permitted (them) to eat it.

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Lawful FoodProcess of Slaughter

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