Hadith 2507

Whoever regarded ten sheep as equal to one camel in distribution.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

47 - THE BOOK OF PARTNERSHIP

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 2507 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 142

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2507. Narrated ‘Abāya bin Rifā’a: My grandfather, Rāfi’ bin Khadīj رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ said, “We were in the valley of Dhul-Hulaifa of Tihāma in the company of the Prophet ﷺ and had some camels and sheep (of the booty). The people hurried (in slaughtering the animals) and put their meat in the pots and started cooking. Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ came and ordered them to upset the pots, and distributed the booty considering one camel as equal to ten sheep. One of the camels fled and the people had only a few horses, so they got worried. (The camel was chased and) a man stopped the camel by throwing an arrow at it. Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said, ‘Some of these animals are untamed like wild animals, so if anyone of them went out of your control, then you should treat it as you have done now.’” My grandfather said, “O Allāh’s Messenger! We fear that we may meet our enemy tomorrow and we have no knives, could we slaughter the animals with reeds?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Yes, or you can use what would make blood flow (slaughter) and you can eat what is slaughtered and the Name of Allāh is mentioned at the time of slaughtering. But don't use teeth or fingernails (in slaughtering). I will tell you why, as for teeth, they are bones, and fingernails are used by Ethiopians for slaughtering." [See Hadīth No. 2488]

Arabic text

2507 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِذِي الحُلَيْفَةِ مِنْ تِهَامَةَ، فَأَصَبْنَا غَنَمًا وَإِبِلًا، فَعَجِلَ القَوْمُ، فَأَغْلَوْا بِهَا القُدُورَ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَمَرَ بِهَا، فَأُكْفِئَتْ ثُمَّ عَدَلَ عَشْرًا مِنَ الغَنَمِ بِجَزُورٍ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ بَعِيرًا نَدَّ وَلَيْسَ فِي القَوْمِ إِلَّا خَيْلٌ يَسِيرَةٌ، فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَحَبَسَهُ بِسَهْمٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ البَهَائِمِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الوَحْشِ، فَمَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا، فَاصْنَعُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا» قَالَ: قَالَ جَدِّي: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّا نَرْجُو - أَوْ نَخَافُ - أَنْ نَلْقَى العَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى، فَنَذْبَحُ بِالقَصَبِ؟ فَقَالَ: " اعْجَلْ - أَوْ أَرْنِي - مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ، وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، فَكُلُوا لَيْسَ السِّنَّ، وَالظُّفُرَ، وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، أَمَّا السِّنُّ: فَعَظْمٌ، وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ: فَمُدَى الحَبَشَةِ "

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