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tabarani:4388al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥabīb b. Ḥabīb > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] We were raiders with the Prophet ﷺ when a man from the group said, "O Messenger of Allah, tomorrow we will surprise the enemy and we do not have any axes or picks with us. Shall we slaughter with the mayja and the marwa?" He ﷺ said, "Yes, mention the name of Allah upon it and everything except the canine tooth and the hoof. As for the canine tooth, it is a bone, and as for the hoof, it is the mayja of the Abyssinians."  

الطبراني:٤٣٨٨حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا حَبِيبُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا غَزَاةً مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نُصَبِّحُ الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى أَفَنَذْبَحُ بِالْقَصَبِ وَالْمَرْوَةِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ اذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ وَكُلْ إِلَّا السِّنَّ وَالظُّفُرَ فَأَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Ṭabarānī
nasai:4404Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah from his father from his grandfather Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah we are going to meet the enemy tomorrow and we do not have any knives.' The Messenger of Allah said: "If the blood is shed and the name of Allah is mentioned, then eat, unless (it is slaughtered (with teeth or nails, and I will tell you about that. As for teeth, they are bones, and as for nails, they are the knives of the Ethiopians."' (Sahih )  

النسائي:٤٤٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ ﷻ فَكُلُوا مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ سِنًّا أَوْ ظُفْرًا وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفْرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ  

tirmidhi:1491aHannād > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah b. Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj from his father from his grandfather Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We expect to meet the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives.' So the Prophet ﷺ said: 'As long as it causes blood to flow, and Allah's Name has been mentioned over it, then eat it, provided that it was not done with a tooth or nail. And I will tell you why: As for the tooth it is a bone, and as for the nail it is the knife of the Ethiopians.'"  

الترمذي:١٤٩١aحَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَتْ مَعَنَا مُدًى فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلُوهُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ سِنًّا أَوْ ظُفُرًا وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ  

tabarani:4385ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah from his father from his grandfather Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah we are going to meet the enemy tomorrow and we do not have any knives.' The Messenger of Allah said: "If the blood is shed and the name of Allah is mentioned, then eat, unless (it is slaughtered (with teeth or nails, and I will tell you about that. As for teeth, they are bones, and as for nails, they are the knives of the Ethiopians."' (Sahih ) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4404)  

الطبراني:٤٣٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ فُكُّوا مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ سِنٌّ وَلَا ظُفُرٌ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ  

tabarani:4394ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Zayd b. al-Ḥarīsh > Yūsuf b. Khālid > Ismāʿīl b. Muslim > ʿAbāyah b. Rifāʿah > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

[Machine] We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a battle, and we said: "Tomorrow we will attack the enemy, but we do not have sufficient provisions." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Anything that is slaughtered and the name of Allah is mentioned upon it, then it is permissible for you to eat it, except for what is considered a bone or a claw, for the tooth is a bone and the claw is the horn of the Abyssinians."  

الطبراني:٤٣٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحَرِيشِ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَقُلْنَا إِنَّا نُصَبِّحُ الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلُوهُ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ سِنًّا أَوْ ظُفُرًا فَإِنَّ السِّنَّ عَظْمٌ وَإِنَّ الظُّفُرَ مُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ