Sayyiduna Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade what is snatched and what is plundered, the meat of the animal tied up and shot to death, and eating the meat of every beast of prey with fangs."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19487
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Instead of slaughtering the fetus in the womb, slaughtering its mother suffices."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19488
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the fetus in the womb, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat it if you wish."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19489
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We slaughter a she-camel, a cow or a sheep that has a fetus in its womb; shall we eat that fetus or throw it away? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat it if you wish, for the slaughter of its mother counts as the slaughter of the fetus."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19490
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about a camel and a cow in whose womb there is a fetus, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you have mentioned the name of Allah over the slaughtered animal, the slaughter of its mother counts as the slaughter of its fetus."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19491
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Slaughtering the mother of the fetus counts as the slaughter of the fetus as well."
(b) Ibn Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to say about the fetus: When it has grown hair, the slaughter of its mother counts as its slaughter.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19492
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: When a she-camel is slaughtered, the fetus in its womb is counted as slaughtered too, if it is fully formed and its hair has grown; and if the fetus comes out of the womb alive, it is to be slaughtered so that the blood comes out of its body.
This is the correct version: it is mawquf (the Companion's own statement).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19493
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said about the fetus: "The slaughter of its mother counts as the slaughter of the fetus, whether it has grown hair or not."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19494
Al-Harith narrates from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that regarding the slaughter of the fetus the ruling is: "The slaughter of its mother is the slaughter of the fetus."
This has been narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) through several chains as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet), but its being marfu' is weak; the correct version is that it is mawquf (his own statement).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19495
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The livestock animals have been made lawful for you, and the slaughter of the fetus's mother counts as its slaughter.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19496
Hanzalah Abu Khaldah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Hanzalah, the grazing livestock have been made lawful for you, and this was revealed only concerning what the womb conceals: when its formation is complete and its hair has grown, then the slaughter of its mother is its slaughter."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19497
Qabus (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I slaughtered a cow in the neighbourhood and we found a fetus in its belly, so we roasted it and brought it to Abu Zabyan (may Allah have mercy on him). He took a morsel of it and said: "This is what Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated to us, that it is among the grazing livestock."
Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said about the grazing livestock: "It is the fetus; the slaughter of its mother is its slaughter."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19498
Zubayr bin Adi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) that when the fetus's mother is slaughtered, the fetus also takes the ruling of its mother.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19500
Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It used to be said: "It (the fetus) is only one of its (mother's) parts; the slaughter of its mother is its slaughter."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19501
Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said about the fetus: "Eat it, whether it has grown hair or not, as long as you do not find it repulsive."
Ya'qub said: It has been narrated from Hammad, from Ibrahim, that he said: "The slaughter of one soul is not the slaughter of two souls."
Ya'qub said: One of our companions narrated to us from Uthman bin Uthman that al-Batti said: "When Hammad spoke by his own opinion he was right, and when he said 'Ibrahim said', he erred."
Something similar to our view has been narrated to us from Sa'id bin al-Musayyab, al-Qasim bin Muhammad, al-Hasan al-Basri, Amir al-Sha'bi, Ata, Tawus, Mujahid, Nafi', Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla, Ikrimah and Amr bin Dinar.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19502