Chapters on Slaughtering

It wasnarrated from Abu Zubair that he heard Jabir bin ‘Abdullahsay: “Atthe time of Khaibar we ate horses and wild donkeys.”

It wasnarrated that Abu Ishaq Shaibani said: “I asked ‘Abdullah binAbuAwfa about the flesh of domesticated donkeys and he said: ‘We werestarving on the Day of Khaibar, when we were with the Prophet (ﷺ).The people had gotten some donkeys as spoils of war on the way outfrom Al-Madinah, so we slaughtered them and our cooking pots wereboiling when the caller of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cried out,telling us to overturn out pots and not to eat anything of the fleshof donkeys. So we overturned them.’ I said to ‘Abdullah bin AbuAwfa:‘Was it made unlawful?’ He said: ‘We think that theMessenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade it altogether because it eatsexcrement.’”

It wasnarrated from Miqdam bin Ma’dikarib Al-Kindi that theMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) forbade several things, until he mentioned(the meat of)domesticated donkeys.

It wasnarrated that Bara’ bin ‘Azib said: “The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) commanded us to throw away the meat of domesticated donkeys,rawor cooked, then he did not say anything to us about it afterthat.”

It wasnarrated that Salamah bin Akwa’ said: “We went out with theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the campaign of Khaibar, and in theevening the people lit their fires. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Whatareyou cooking?’ They said: ‘The meat of domesticated donkeys.’He said:‘Throw out what is in them (the pots) and break them.’ Aman said: ‘Orcan we throw out what is in them and wash them?’The Prophet (ﷺ)said: ‘Or (do) that.’”

It wasnarrated from Anas bin Malik that the caller of the Prophet(ﷺ)cried out: “Allah and His Messenger forbid you to eat the fleshofdomesticated donkeys, for it is filthy.”

It wasnarrated that ‘Ata’ narrated that Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said: “Weused to eat the meat of horses.” I said: “And mules?” He said:“No.”

It wasnarrated that Khalid bin Walid said: “The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)forbade the flesh of horses, mules and donkeys.”

It wasnarrated that Abu Sa’eed said: “We asked the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) about the fetus. He said: ‘Eat it if you wish, for it isconsidered legally slaughtered with the slaughtering of its mother.’”