Hadith 5541
Narrated Salim: that Ibn `Umar disliked the branding of animals on the face. Ibn `Umar said, "The Prophet forbade beating (animals) on the face."
Hadith 5542
حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ
هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ ، عَنْ
أَنَسٍ ، قَالَ : " دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَخٍ لِي يُحَنِّكُهُ وَهُوَ فِي مِرْبَدٍ لَهُ ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَسِمُ شَاةً ، حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ : فِي آذَانِهَا " .
Narrated Anas: I brought a brother of mine to the Prophet to do Tahnik for him while the Prophet was in a sheep fold of his, and I saw him branding a sheep. (The sub-narrator said: I think Anas said, branding it on the ear.)