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4302. It was narrated that Rāfi' bin Khadīj said: “While we were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, at Dhul-Hulaifah in Tihāmah, they acquired some camels and sheep (as spoils of war). The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was among the last of the people, and the first of them hastened to slaughter (the animals) and set up pots (for cooking the meat). The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came and ordered that the pots be overturned, then he divided it making ten sheep equivalent to one camel. While they were like that, a camel ran away. The people had only a few horses, so they went
after it and it got away from them. A man shot an arrow at it and stopped it. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Some of these animals are untamed like wild animals, so if one of them goes out of your control, do the same.'" (Sahih)
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The root of the matter is that the domestic animals should be slaughtered at the throat, after overpowering them, small animals after laying them on their sides on the ground and the camel should be slaughtered while in its standing posture, having one of its knees tied down. Domestic animals may not be slaughtered like game by shooting them arrows, because it is not certain where the arrow would strike them. But since wild animals cannot be overpowered by men easily, they must be shot with arrows or the like, having mentioned the name of Allāh or Bismillāh. It matters not, where they are hit. When they become weak because of loss of blood, they should be caught and slaughtered. But even if they fall dead due to the bleeding caused by the arrow, there is no harm in eating them.
