Hadith 9
Chapters on Slaughtering
ENGLISH
It was narrated from Abu ‘Ushara’ that his father said:
“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should slaughtering only be done in the throat or upper chest?’ He said: ‘If you stab it in the thigh that will suffice you.’”
ARABIC
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعُشَرَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا تَكُونُ الذَّكَاةُ إِلاَّ فِي الْحَلْقِ وَاللَّبَّةِ قَالَ
لَوْ طَعَنْتَ فِي فَخِذِهَا لأَجْزَأَكَ
Hadith referenceSunan Ibn Majah 9
CollectionSunan Ibn Majah
BookChapters on Slaughtering
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