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السيوطي:٢٣٢٥a

"إِذَا قَتْلتُمْ فأحْسنوا القِتْلةَ، وإذَا ذَبَحْتُم فأحْسِنوا الذِّبحَةَ".  

[م] مسلم عن شداد بن أوس

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
nasai:4412al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth Abū ʿAmmār > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > Shaddād b. Aws

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Allah has decreed proficiency in all things, so when you kill, kill well, and when you slaughter, slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.'"  

النسائي:٤٤١٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ الإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِحَدِّ الشِّفَارِ، وَالْإِحْسَانِ فِي الذَّبْحِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَهُ

ibnhibban:5883Abū Khalīfah > Musaddad > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > Shaddād b. Aws > Thintān Ḥafiẓtuhumā

“Allah has prescribed Al-Ihsan (proficiency) in all things. So if you kill, then kill well, and if you slaughter, then slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3170)  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ ثِنْتَانِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِإِحْدَادِ الشَّفْرَةِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ الذَّبْحَ، وَإِحْسَانِ الذَّبْحِ بِالرِّفْقِ

ibnhibban:5884Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣayrafī Bi-al-Baṣrah > al-Fuḍayl b. al-Ḥusayn al-Jaḥdarī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > Shaddād b. Aws > Thintān Ḥafiẓtuhumā

“Allah has prescribed Al-Ihsan (proficiency) in all things. So if you kill, then kill well, and if you slaughter, then slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3170)  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِالْبَصْرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ ثِنْتَانِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4486al-Ḥusayn b. Ḥurayth Abū ʿAmmār > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath al-Ṣanʿānī > Shaddād b. Aws

“Allah has prescribed Al-Ihsan (proficiency) in all things. So if you kill, then kill well, and if you slaughter, then slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3170)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٤٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ أَبُو عَمَّارٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:4488Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bazīʿ > Yazīd > Khālid > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Khālid > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath > Shaddād b. Aws > Thintān Ḥafiẓtuhumā

"There are two things that I memorized from the Messenger of Allah, who said: 'Allah has decreed proficiency in all things, so when you kill, kill well, and when you slaughter, slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.'" (Sahih) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4405)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٤٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ قَالَ ثِنْتَانِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ لِيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ فَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:8604Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Manṣūr > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Ashʿath > Shaddād b. Aws

“Allah has prescribed Al-Ihsan (proficiency) in all things. So if you kill, then kill well, and if you slaughter, then slaughter well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and spare suffering to the animal he slaughters.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3170)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٦٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَشْعَثِ عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ»  

suyuti:4936a

two are the things which I remember Messenger of Allah ﷺ having said: "Verily Allah has enjoined excellence to everything; so when you kill, kill in a good way and when you slaughter, slaughter in a good way. So every one of you should sharpen his knife, and let the slaughtered animal die comfortably." (Using translation from Muslim 1955a)   

السيوطي:٤٩٣٦a

"إِن الله تعالى كَتَبَ الإِحسانَ على كل شَيء، فإِذا قتلتُم فَأحسِنوا القِتْلَةَ، وَإذَا ذبحتم فَأَحْسِنوا الذِّبحةَ، ولْيُحِدَّ أَحدُكم شَفْرتَهُ، وَلْيُرِحْ ذبيحته".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد والدارمي، [م] مسلم [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [ن] النسائي [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان عن شداد بن أوس
suyuti:5060a

two are the things which I remember Messenger of Allah ﷺ having said: "Verily Allah has enjoined excellence to everything; so when you kill, kill in a good way and when you slaughter, slaughter in a good way. So every one of you should sharpen his knife, and let the slaughtered animal die comfortably." (Using translation from Muslim 1955a)   

السيوطي:٥٠٦٠a

"إِن الله ﷻ مُحْسنٌ يحب الإِحسان فإِذا قتلتم فأَحسنوا القِتْلة وإِذا ذبحتم فأَحسنوا الذَّبْحَ، ولْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُم شَفْرَتَه، ثم ليُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَه".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن شَدَّاد بن أَوس