Musnad Abi Ya'la 1860 — he related: In the time of the Messenger

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he related: "In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) we bought a cow in order to share it (for its meat), but it broke loose from us and we were unable to catch it. Then a freed slave of ours called Dhakwan confronted it with a sword in his hand, while the cow was wandering in a frenzy around the watering place. He crouched in ambush behind a hillock, and when the cow passed by him, he struck it with the sword at the base of its neck, or on its neck, giving it a deep wound, and it fell; but he could not slaughter it in the prescribed way (before it died). Then I and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Thabit bin al-Jidh' (may Allah be pleased with him) went out and met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). We mentioned the matter to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Eat it. And when any of these livestock gets out of your control, restrain it in the same way that you restrain wild animals.'"