صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الأضاحيThe Book of Sacrifices
باب بَيَانِ مَا كَانَ مِنَ النَّهْيِ عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلاَثٍ فِي أَوَّلِ الإِسْلاَمِ وَبَيَانِ نَسْخِهِ وَإِبَاحَتِهِ إِلَى مَتَى شَاءَ:Chapter: The prohibition of eating sacrificial meat for more than three days, which applied at the beginning of Islam but was then abrogated, and now it is permissible to eat it as long as one wants.
وحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ، حَدَّثَنِي الزُّبَيْدِيُّ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ : " أَصْلِحْ هَذَا اللَّحْمَ " ، قَالَ : فَأَصْلَحْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْمَدِينَةَ .
Thauban, the freed slave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , reported: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me on the occasion of Hajjat-al-Wada' (the Farewell Pilgrimage): Make the flesh usable. So I made it usable (for him) and he ate it constantly until he reached Madinah.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊
This ruling is general: it is impermissible to kill even a disbeliever or a criminal by causing them torment.
However, there are some specific cases.
For example, crucifixion,
retaliatory execution (qisas), or stoning to death of a married adulterer.
But after killing, mutilating the corpse
(cutting off its limbs) is not permissible.
➋
When killing animals that are permissible to kill, one should aim carefully and strike the target.
It is forbidden to take pleasure in their writhing and convulsing by inflicting repeated minor injuries.
Similarly, for animals to be slaughtered, the knife should be well-sharpened,
and placed at the required spot.
The animal should be held properly,
or tied, so that the slaughtering is easy.
➊
This ruling is general: it is impermissible to kill even a disbeliever or a criminal by causing them torment.
However, there are some specific cases.
For example, crucifixion,
retaliatory execution (qisas), or stoning to death of a married adulterer.
But after killing, mutilating the corpse
(cutting off its limbs) is not permissible.
➋
When killing animals that are permissible to kill, one should aim carefully and strike the target.
It is forbidden to take pleasure in their writhing and convulsing by inflicting repeated minor injuries.
Similarly, for animals to be slaughtered, the knife should be well-sharpened,
and placed at the required spot.
The animal should be held properly,
or tied, so that the slaughtering is easy.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2814
