أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَلْقَی الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًی فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُکِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَکُلُوا مَا لَمْ يَکُنْ سِنًّا أَوْ ظُفُرًا وَسَأُحَدِّثُکُمْ عَنْ ذَلِکَ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَی الْحَبَشَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4419
It was narrated that Rafi’ bin KhadIj said: “I said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, we are going to meet the enemy tomorrow and we do not have any knives.’ The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘If the blood is shed and the name of Allah is mentioned, then eat, unless (it is slaughtered) with teeth or nails, and I will tell you about that. As for teeth, they are bones, and as for nails, they are the knives of the Ethiopians.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020