Volume 3, Book 44, Number 684:
Narrated Abaya bin Rifaa:
My grandfather, Rafi bin Khadij said, “We were in the valley of Dhul-Hulaifa of Tuhama in the
company of the Prophet 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. Allah’s Apostle 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 slopped the camel by throwing an arrow at it. Allah’s Apostle 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 Allah’s Apostle! We fear that we may
meet our enemy tomorrow and we have no knives, could we slaughter the animals with reeds?” The
Prophet said, “Yes, or you can use what would make blood flow (slaughter) and you can eat what is
slaughtered and the Name of Allah 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 Hadith 668)
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