سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الجهادJihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْمُثْلَةِChapter: Regarding The Prohibtion Of Mutilation.
Hadith 2666
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، وَزِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُغِيرَةُ ، عَنْ شِبَاكٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ هُنَيِّ بْنِ نُوَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَعَفُّ النَّاسِ قِتْلَةً أَهْلُ الْإِيمَانِ " .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The Prophet ﷺ said: The most merciful of the people in respect of killing are believers (in Allah).
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
Both of the aforementioned narrations are considered weak by most researchers; however, there is a narration of the same meaning found in Sahih Muslim, in which the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“When you kill, then kill in the best manner, and when you slaughter, then slaughter in the best manner. A person should sharpen his knife and bring comfort to the animal being slaughtered (i.e., cause it as little pain as possible).”
(Sahih Muslim, al-Sayd wa’l-Dhaba’ih, Chapter: The Command to Do Well in Slaughter and Killing, and to Sharpen the Blade, Hadith: 1955; Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith: 3170)
Both of the aforementioned narrations are considered weak by most researchers; however, there is a narration of the same meaning found in Sahih Muslim, in which the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“When you kill, then kill in the best manner, and when you slaughter, then slaughter in the best manner. A person should sharpen his knife and bring comfort to the animal being slaughtered (i.e., cause it as little pain as possible).”
(Sahih Muslim, al-Sayd wa’l-Dhaba’ih, Chapter: The Command to Do Well in Slaughter and Killing, and to Sharpen the Blade, Hadith: 1955; Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith: 3170)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2682
