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«لا بَأْسَ بِهَا . فَكُلُوهَا»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Summary
A report that Malik transmits from Nafi' from a man of the Ansar, from Mu'adh ibn Sa'd or Sa'd ibn Mu'adh: a slave-girl of Ka'b ibn Malik was herding her sheep at Sal', and one sheep was struck. She reached it and slaughtered it with a stone. The Messenger of God was asked about it, and said there is no harm in it, eat it. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Slaughtering. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Nafi' al-Madani, Ka'b ibn Malik al-Ansari and Sa'd ibn Mu'adh. Built on in the chapters on slaughtering.
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of Slaughter (dhaba'ih)
- Mentions
- Nafi' al-Madani· Ka'b ibn Malik al-Ansari· Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
- Basis for
- Dhabh (lawful slaughter)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 1412· The Badr war council· The build-up to Badr: Abu Sufyan's caravan, Mecca's muster and the Prophet's march· The Battle of Badr· The Battle of Hunayn· The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)· The fifty-night boycott of the three· Expedition of Buwat
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.631
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 1406”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-10-1406/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.