No. 4846

Rafi' b. Khadij is reported to have said: Allaah's Messenger, we are going to encounter the enemy tomorrow, but we have no knives with us. Thereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Make haste or be careful (in making arrangements for procuring knives) which would let the blood flow (and along with it) the name of Allaah is also to be recited. Then eat, but not the tooth or nail. And I am going to tell you why it is not permissible to slaughter the animal with the help of tooth and bone; and as for the nail. it is a bone, and the bone is the knife of Abyssinians. He (the narrator) said: There fell to our lot as spoils of war camels and goats, and one of the camels among them became wild. A person (amongst usl struck It with an arrow which brought it under control. whereupon Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: This camel became wild like wild animals, so if you find any animal getting wild, you do the same with that

No. 4847

Rafi' b. Khadij reported: While we were with Allaah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) in Dhu'I-Hulaifa in Tihama, we got hold of goats and camels. Some persons (amongst us) made haste and boiled (the flesh of goats and camels) in their earthen pots. He then commanded and these were turned over; then he equalised ten goats for a camel. The rest of the hadith is the same.

No. 4848

Rafi' b. Khadij reported from his grandfather that he said: Allaah's Messenger, we are going to encounter the enemy tomorrow, but we do not have long knives with us, should we then slaughter them with the peel of the reed? The rest of the hadith is the same. (And at the end the words are):" A camel became wild (and got out of our control). We attacked it with arrows until we made it fall down." This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sa'id b. Masruq with the same chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.

No. 4849

Rafi' b. Khadij reported that he said: Allaah's Messenger, we are going to encounter the enemy tomorrow. and we do not have large knives with us. The rest of the hadith is the same, but no mention is made of this:" The people hastened and they boiled (flesh) in the earthen pots. He (the Prophet), cammanded and these were turned over and the narrator narrated the whole event.