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3178. It was narrated that Râfi' bin Khadij said: "We were with the Prophet ﷺ on a journey, and I said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, we are (sometimes) on military campaigns, and we have no knife with us.' He said: '(Use) whatever causes the blood to flow, mention the Name of Allâh and eat, but (do not use) teeth or nails, for the tooth is a bone and the nail is the knife of the Ethiopians.'" (Sahih)
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Apart from slaughtering with an iron knife, slaughtering with a spear, sword, piece of a glass and the like is allowed.
A broken piece of bone should not be used for slaughtering even if it is sharp.
c. If a neck of any small animal is slaughtered by biting with teeth, it is not considered slaughtered lawfully since it is forbidden.
d. Killing an animal with nails is not allowed.