أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَاقُو الْعَدُوِّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَتْ مَعَنَا مُدًی قَالَ مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُکِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَکُلْ لَيْسَ السِّنَّ وَالظُّفُرَ وَسَأُحَدِّثُکُمْ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَی الْحَبَشَةِ وَأَصَبْنَا نَهْبَةَ إِبِلٍ أَوْ غَنَمٍ فَنَدَّ مِنْهَا بَعِيرٌ فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْإِبِلِ أَوَابِدَ کَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَإِذَا غَلَبَکُمْ مِنْهَا شَيْئٌ فَافْعَلُوا بِهِ هَکَذَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4425
It was narrated that Rafi’ bin Khadij said: “I said: ‘essenger of Allah, we are going to meet the enemy tomorrow, and we do not have any knives.’ He said: ‘If the blood is shed and the name of Allah is mentioned, then eat, unlike (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.’ We acquired some spoils of war including sheep or camels, and a camel ran away, so a man shot an arrow at it and stopped it. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Some of these animals’ — or ‘these camels’ — ‘are untamed like wild animals, so if one of them goes out of your control, do the same.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020