حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَمِعَ الْمُعْتَمِرَ أَنْبَأَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ کَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ کَانَتْ لَهُمْ غَنَمٌ تَرْعَی بِسَلْعٍ فَأَبْصَرَتْ جَارِيَةٌ لَنَا بِشَاةٍ مِنْ غَنَمِنَا مَوْتًا فَکَسَرَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ لَا تَأْکُلُوا حَتَّی أَسْأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ يَسْأَلُهُ وَأَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَاکَ أَوْ أَرْسَلَ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَکْلِهَا قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ فَيُعْجِبُنِي أَنَّهَا أَمَةٌ وَأَنَّهَا ذَبَحَتْ تَابَعَهُ عَبْدَةُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2304
Narrated Ibn Ka`b bin Malik from his father: We had some sheep which used to graze at Sala'. One of our slavegirls saw a sheep dying and she broke a stone and slaughtered the sheep with it. My father said to the people, "Don't eat it till I ask the Prophet about it (or till I send somebody to ask the Prophet)." So, he asked or sent somebody to ask the Prophet, and the Prophet permitted him to eat it. 'Ubaidullah (a sub-narrator) said, "I admire that girl, for though she was a slave-girl, she dared to slaughter the sheep . "
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020