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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الضحاياSacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي ذَكَاةِ الْجَنِينِChapter: Regarding Slaughtering The Fetus.
Hadith 2827
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْوَدَّاكِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْجَنِينِ ، فَقَالَ : " كُلُوهُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ ، وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ : قُلْنَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَنْحَرُ النَّاقَةَ ، وَنَذْبَحُ الْبَقَرَةَ وَالشَّاةَ فَنَجِدُ فِي بَطْنِهَا الْجَنِينَ أَنُلْقِيهِ أَمْ نَأْكُلُهُ ؟ قَالَ : كُلُوهُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَإِنَّ ذَكَاتَهُ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ .
Narrated Abu Saeed al-Khudri: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the embryo. He replied: Eat it if you wish. Musaddad's version says: we said: Messenger of Allah, we slaughter a she-camel, a cow and a sheep, and we find an embryo in its womb. Shall we throw it away or eat it? He replied: Eat it if you wish for the slaughter of its mother serves its slaughter.
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Brief Explanation
1؎ : This is the view of most scholars, but a differing opinion is narrated from Imam Abu Hanifah. He says that if it comes out alive, then slaughter it and eat it, but if it is dead, then do not eat it.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
A child, as long as it remains in the mother's womb, is called a "janin" (fetus).
2:
That is, when an animal is slaughtered and then a (dead) offspring is found in its womb, there is no need to slaughter that offspring,
because the offspring is considered a part of the mother animal's body,
therefore, it will not be slaughtered.
However, if it comes out alive, then it will only be lawful (halal) after being slaughtered.
Note:
(On the basis of corroborating and supporting narrations, this hadith is authentic,
otherwise, its narrator "Mujalid" is weak,
see:
Al-Irwa, no. 2539)
1:
A child, as long as it remains in the mother's womb, is called a "janin" (fetus).
2:
That is, when an animal is slaughtered and then a (dead) offspring is found in its womb, there is no need to slaughter that offspring,
because the offspring is considered a part of the mother animal's body,
therefore, it will not be slaughtered.
However, if it comes out alive, then it will only be lawful (halal) after being slaughtered.
Note:
(On the basis of corroborating and supporting narrations, this hadith is authentic,
otherwise, its narrator "Mujalid" is weak,
see:
Al-Irwa, no. 2539)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1476
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
The life and death of a child before birth are dependent upon the life and death of the mother; therefore, to slaughter the mother is, in effect, to slaughter the child.
➋
Some scholars have interpreted this to mean that the child should also be slaughtered in the same manner as its mother. However, the heart is not satisfied with this opinion, because if the child is born alive, there can be no doubt that it must be slaughtered.
Doubt only arises in the case where the child also dies as a result of the mother being slaughtered.
It was regarding this situation that the question was asked, and the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) permitted its consumption.
And Allah knows best.
➊
The life and death of a child before birth are dependent upon the life and death of the mother; therefore, to slaughter the mother is, in effect, to slaughter the child.
➋
Some scholars have interpreted this to mean that the child should also be slaughtered in the same manner as its mother. However, the heart is not satisfied with this opinion, because if the child is born alive, there can be no doubt that it must be slaughtered.
Doubt only arises in the case where the child also dies as a result of the mother being slaughtered.
It was regarding this situation that the question was asked, and the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) permitted its consumption.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3199
