Sahih al-Bukhari 2488
Narrated 'Abaya bin Rafa'a bin Raft' bin Khadij:
My grandfather said, "We were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) at Dhul-Hulaifa. The people felt 
hungry and captured some camels and sheep (as booty). The Prophet (ﷺ) was behind the people. They 
hurried and slaughtered the animals and put their meat in pots and started cooking it. (When the 
Prophet came) he ordered the pots to be upset and then he distributed the animals (of the booty), 
regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels fled and the people ran after it till they 
were exhausted. At that time there were few horses. A man threw an arrow at the camel, and Allah 
stopped the camel with it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some of these animals are like wild animals, so if you 
lose control over one of these animals, treat it in this way (i.e. shoot it with an arrow)." Before 
distributing them among the soldiers my grandfather said, "We may meet the enemies in the future 
and have no knives; can we slaughter the animals with reeds?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Use whatever 
causes blood to flow, and eat the animals if the name of Allah has been mentioned on slaughtering 
them. Do not slaughter with teeth or fingernails and I will tell you why: It is because teeth are bones 
(i.e. cannot cut properly) and fingernails are the tools used by the Ethiopians (whom we should not 
imitate for they are infidels).
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَأَصَابَ النَّاسَ جُوعٌ فَأَصَابُوا إِبِلاً وَغَنَمًا‏.‏ قَالَ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي أُخْرَيَاتِ الْقَوْمِ فَعَجِلُوا وَذَبَحُوا وَنَصَبُوا الْقُدُورَ، فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْقُدُورِ فَأُكْفِئَتْ، ثُمَّ قَسَمَ فَعَدَلَ عَشْرَةً مِنَ الْغَنَمِ بِبَعِيرٍ فَنَدَّ مِنْهَا بَعِيرٌ، فَطَلَبُوهُ فَأَعْيَاهُمْ، وَكَانَ فِي الْقَوْمِ خَيْلٌ يَسِيرَةٌ فَأَهْوَى رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْبَهَائِمِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَمَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا فَاصْنَعُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ جَدِّي إِنَّا نَرْجُو ـ أَوْ نَخَافُ ـ الْعَدُوَّ غَدًا، وَلَيْسَتْ مَعَنَا مُدًى أَفَنَذْبَحُ بِالْقَصَبِ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، فَكُلُوهُ، لَيْسَ السِّنَّ وَالظُّفُرَ، وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏