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Sunan Ibn MajahChapters on Slaughtering

Sunan Ibn Majah 3176

Chapter: With what animals may be slaughtered

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3176

Narrator:Zayd ibn Thābit

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، سَمِعْتُ حَاضِرَ بْنَ مُهَاجِرٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، أَنَّ ذِئْبًا، نَيَّبَ فِي شَاةٍ فَذَبَحُوهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ

فَرَخَّصَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي أَكْلِهَا ‏.‏

It was narrated from Zaid bin Thabit that a wolf bit a sheep, and they slaughtered it with a sharp-edged stone, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) allowed them to eat it.

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3176).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( نَيَّبَ ) بِتَشْدِيدِ الْيَاء مِنْ النَّاب أَيْ اِنْشَبَكَتْ أَنْيَابه فِيهَا وَالنَّاب سِنٌّ خَلْف الرُّبَاعِيَّة قَوْله ( بِمَرْوَةَ ) بِفَتْحِ مِيم وَسُكُون رَاءٍ حَجَر أَبْيَض بَرَّاق يَجْعَل مِنْهُ كَالسِّكِّينِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3176
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 3176
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 3176
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 3176

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  • الجامع لأخلاق الراوي وآداب السامع للخطيب (1365)مَاتَتْ نَاقَةٌ بِالْحَرَّةَ وَإِلَى جَنْبِهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ مَحْوُجُونَ ، فَرَخَّصَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي أَكْلِهَا ، فَأَكَلُوهَا شَتْوَتُهُمْ

On the same subject

Differing grades of the chain Sunan Abu Dawud 3816

A man alighted at Harrah with his wife and children. A man said (to him): My she-camel has strayed; if you find it, detain it. He found it, but did not find its owner, and it fell ill. His wife said: Slaughter it. But he refused and it died. She said: Skin it so that we may dry its fat and flesh…

هَلْ عِنْدَكَ غِنًى يُغْنِيكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَكُلُوهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَجَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هَلاَّ كُنْتَ نَحَرْتَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْكَ ‏.‏

Narrated by Jābir ibn Samurah

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