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tabarani:16255Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Usāmah b. Zayd > Ibn Shihāb > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] "He had a flock of sheep grazing in a valley. One sheep from the flock strayed away, so I slaughtered it. Ka'b asked the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , about it, and he did not see any problem with it."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٥٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

«أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ غَنَمٌ تَرْعَى بِسَلْعٍ فَتَرَدَّتْ شَاةٌ مِنْهَا فَنَزَلَتِ الْأَمَّةَ فَذَبَحْتُهَا فَسَأَلَ كَعْبٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَرَ بِهَا بَأْسًا»