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tabarani:3304Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

"The Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah and they were in the habit of cutting the humps off of the camels and cutting the buttocks from the sheep. He said: 'Whatever is cut from an animal while it is alive, then it is dead flesh.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1480)   

الطبراني:٣٣٠٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الْإِبِلِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ أَلْيَاتِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيْتَةٌ»  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
tirmidhi:1480aMuḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Ṣanʿānī > Salamah b. Rajāʾ > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

"The Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah and they were in the habit of cutting the humps off of the camels and cutting the buttocks from the sheep. He said: 'Whatever is cut from an animal while it is alive, then it is dead flesh.'"  

الترمذي:١٤٨٠aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ رَجَاءٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَهُمْ يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الإِبِلِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ أَلْيَاتِ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيْتَةٌ  

ahmad:21903ʿAbd al-Ṣamad And Ḥammād b. Khālid al-Maʿná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , arrived in Medina, where there were people heading towards sheep and camel pens, cutting their meat. The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "Whatever is cut from an animal while it is still alive is considered dead."  

أحمد:٢١٩٠٣حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ وَحَمَّادُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْمَعْنَى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَبِهَا نَاسٌ يَعْمِدُونَ إِلَى أَلْيَاتِ الْغَنَمِ وَأَسْنِمَةِ الْإِبِلِ فَيَجُبُّونَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيْتَةٌ  

ahmad:21904Abū al-Naḍr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman / Ibn ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

"The Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah and they were in the habit of cutting the humps off of the camels and cutting the buttocks from the sheep. He said: 'Whatever is cut from an animal while it is alive, then it is dead flesh.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1480)   

أحمد:٢١٩٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الْإِبِلِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ أَلْيَاتِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهِيَ مَيْتَةٌ  

darimi:2061ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbd al-Majīd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAbd al-Raḥman Aḥsabuh > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ arrived in Medina and the people were slaughtering camels and sheep. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whatever is cut from an animal while it is still alive is considered dead meat."  

الدارمي:٢٠٦١أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ أَحْسَبُهُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الْإِبِلِ وَأَلْيَاتِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا قُطِعَ مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيْتَةٌ»  

hakim:7150Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Baghdādī > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

[Machine] In the pre-Islamic era, people used to castrate camels and slaughter sheep to eat them. They would also carry the meat in pouches made from the animals' skin. When the Prophet ﷺ arrived, they asked him about this practice, and he said, "Whatever is cut from a living animal is considered dead."  

الحاكم:٧١٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَبْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الْإِبِلِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ أَلْيَاتَ الْغَنَمِ فَيَأْكُلُونَهَا وَيَحْمِلُونَ مِنْهَا الْوَدَكَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَقَدْ قِيلَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ؓ صحيح
tabarani:1276al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Zayd b. al-Ḥarīsh > Sufyān > Abū Bakr al-Hudhalī > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Tamīm al-Dārī

[Machine] It was said to the Prophet ﷺ , "Indeed, there are people who cut the fallopian tubes of camels and sever the tails of sheep." He said, "Anything that is cut from a living being is considered dead."  

الطبراني:١٢٧٦حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحَرِيشِ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الْإِبِلِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ أَذْنَابَ الْغَنَمِ قَالَ «كُلُّ مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ فَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ»  

tabarani:1277Bakr b. Sahl al-Dimyāṭī > ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Abū Bakr al-Hudhalī > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Tamīm al-Dārī

[Machine] They said, "O Messenger of Allah, some people slaughter the camels and sheep by cutting off their humps and tails while they are still alive." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whatever is cut off from an animal while it is still alive, it is considered dead."  

الطبراني:١٢٧٧حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الدِّمْيَاطِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ثنا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْهُذَلِيُّ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ تَمِيمٍ الدَّارِيِّ قَالَ

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أُنَاسًا يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الْإِبِلِ وَأَذْنَابَ الْغَنَمِ وَهِي أَحْيَاءُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِي حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيْتَةٌ»  

bayhaqi:78Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

"The Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah and they were in the habit of cutting the humps off of the camels and cutting the buttocks from the sheep. He said: 'Whatever is cut from an animal while it is alive, then it is dead flesh.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1480)   

البيهقي:٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنَامَ الْإِبِلِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ أَلْيَاتِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيْتَةٌ وَقَدِ احْتَجَّ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا بِمَا  

bayhaqi:18924Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Hāshim b. al-Qāsim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Wāqid al-Laythī

"The Prophet ﷺ came to Al-Madinah and they were in the habit of cutting the humps off of the camels and cutting the buttocks from the sheep. He said: 'Whatever is cut from an animal while it is alive, then it is dead flesh.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1480)   

البيهقي:١٨٩٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ ؓ قَالَ

لَمَّا قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يَجُبُّونَ أَسْنِمَةَ الْإِبِلِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ أَلْيَاتِ الْغَنَمِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا قُطِعَ مِنَ الْبَهِيمَةِ وَهِيَ حَيَّةٌ فَهُوَ مَيْتَةٌ