Volume 7, Book 71, Number 622:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “Fever is from the heat of Hell, so abate fever with water.”
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 452:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij:
While we were with the Prophet. on a journey, one of the camels ran away. A man shot it with an
arrow and stopped it. The Prophet said, “Of these camels some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of
them runs away and you cannot catch it, then do like this (shoot it with an arrow).” I said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Sometimes when we are in battles or on a journey we want to slaughter (animals) but we
have no knives.” He said, “Listen! If you slaughter the animal with anything that causes its blood to
flow out, and if Allah’s Name is mentioned on slaughtering it, eat of it, provided that the slaughtering
instrument is not a tooth or a nail, as the tooth is a bone and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians.”
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Book 68: Al-Adha Festival Sacrifice (Adaahi)
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 406:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij:
We were with the Prophet in Dhul-Hulaifa and there the people were struck with severe hunger.
Then we got camels and sheep as war booty (and slaughtered them). The Prophet was behind all the
people. The people hurried and fixed the cooking pots (for cooking) but the Prophet came there and
ordered that the cooking pots be turned upside down. Then he distributed the animals, regarding ten
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sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels ran away and there were a few horses with the
people. They chased the camel but they got tired, whereupon a man shot it with an arrow whereby
Allah stopped it. The Prophet said, “Among these animals some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of
them runs away from you, treat it in this way.” I said. “We hope, or we are afraid that tomorrow we
will meet the enemy and we have no knives, shall we slaughter (our animals) with canes?” The
Prophet said, “If the killing tool causes blood to gush out and if Allah’s Name is mentioned, eat (of the
slaughterer animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I am telling you why: A tooth is a
bone, and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians.”
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 411:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij:
that he said, “O Allah’s Apostle! We have no knife.” The Prophet said, “if the killing tool causes
blood to gush out, and if Allah’s Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughtered animal). But do not
slaughter with a nail or a tooth, for the nail is the knife of Ethiopians and a tooth is a bone.” Suddenly
a camel ran away and it was stopped (with an arrow). The Prophet then said, “Of these camels there
are some which are as wild as wild beasts; so if one of them runs away from you and you cannot
catch it, treat it in this manner (i.e. shoot it with an arrow).”
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 414:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij:
The Prophet said, “Eat what is slaughtered (with any instrument) that makes blood flow out, except
what is slaughtered with a tooth or a nail.’
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 417:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij:
I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! We are going to face the enemy tomorrow and we do not have knives.”
He said, “Hurry up (in killing the animal). If the killing tool causes blood to flow out, and if Allah’s
Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughtered animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I will
tell you why: As for the tooth, it is a bone; and as for the nail, it is the knife of Ethiopians.” Then we
got some camels and sheep as war booty, and one of those camels ran away, whereupon a man shot
it with an arrow and stopped it. Allah’s Apostle said, “Of these camels there are some which are as
wild as wild beasts, so if one of them (runs away and) makes you tired, treat it in this manner.”
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 484:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij:
I heard the Prophet saying, “Fever is from the heat of the (Hell) Fire; so cool it with water.”
Volume 3, Book 50, Number 883:
Narrated Rafi bin Khadij:
We used to work on the fields more than the other Ansar, and we used to rent the land (for the
yield of a specific portion of it). But sometimes that portion or the rest of the land did not give any
yield, so we were forbidden (by the Prophet ) to follow such a system, but we were allowed to rent
the land for money.