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What is the meaning of the hadith: “Whatever causes the blood to flow and the name of Allah is mentioned over it, eat it, except the teeth and the claws. I will tell you about that: as for the tooth, it is a bone.”?

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Abu Malik: What is the meaning of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whatever causes the blood to flow. The Shaykh: Whatever causes the blood to flow. Abu Malik: What is the meaning of the hadith: Whatever causes the blood to flow and the name of Allah is mentioned over it, eat it, except the teeth and the claws. ما أنهر الدم

الشيخ: ما أنهر الدمَ
أبو مالك: ما معنى حديث: ما أنهر الدم وذكر اسم الله عليه فكلوه ليس السن و الظفر
I will tell you about that What is the tooth and the bone, and is it the claw?

The questioner :
As for the tooth, it is a bone. أما السّنّ فعظم
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Abu Malik: This is the completion of the hadith. My brother, may Allah grant you well-being on this line. Yes, yes, may Allah reward you, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : Read the hadith to me so that...
Abu Malik: Once again, it says...

The Shaykh : I do not mean that we stop at every word.
Abu Malik:
As long as it causes blood to flow, and Allah's Name has been mentioned over it, then eat it ما أنهر الدّم وذكر اسم الله عليه فكلوه ...
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1491Sahih (Darussalam)


The Shaykh : The original rule for the lawful slaughter is that it is slaughtered with a knife, and with a sharp, cutting knife that relieves the animal; this is the original rule. But sometimes it may not be possible for the slaughterer to have such a sharp, cutting knife, or even any iron weapon. In that case, the situation is that he takes a stone with an edge, similar to a knife, by which he can cause the blood to flow, and the slaughter is lawful in this case. The hadith is specifically about this point, meaning it facilitates the matter for one who wants to slaughter an animal and does not have a sharp, cutting knife, as we said earlier. He should not refrain from slaughtering it in this state. However, from other hadiths, which relate to kindness to animals, it is understood that what is used to slaughter the animal must be a cutting thing. This is explicitly stated in a hadith in Muslim, namely his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
So when you kill, then do the killing well, and when you slaughter, then do the slaughtering well. Let one of you sharpen his blade, and let him comfort his animal (before slaughtering). إذا قتلتم فأحسنوا القتلة و إذا ذبحتم فأحسنوا الذبحة و ليحد أحدكم شفرته و ليرح ذبيحته
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1409Sahih (Darussalam)
So, relieving the animal is a matter commanded by the Shari'ah, and as I said earlier, it is part of the kindness to animals that Islam brought, unlike all other people. But “whatever causes the blood to flow” in this hadith, its place is, as I mentioned earlier, where there is no sharp, cutting knife that relieves the animal. This is what relates to his saying in the hadith:
Whatever causes the blood to flow. ما أنهر الدم

Abu Malik:
mention the Name of Allah وذكر اسم الله عليه
Sunan Ibn Majah 3178Sahih (Darussalam)
Of course, with what mention, or is it necessary to...?

The Shaykh: In the name of Allah.

The questioner : Our Shaykh, the exception is not the tooth...

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : We have not reached that point yet. We are explaining the hadith, piece by piece, so that the matter does not become confused for us. Yes.
Abu Malik:
But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. ليس السن و الظفر
Sahih al-Bukhari 5498


The Shaykh : I mean, it is not permissible to slaughter with a stone instead; it is not permissible to slaughter with the tooth, meaning with the bone, nor with the claw, as is the fashion of the present age for some women, and perhaps also for some men, who lengthen their nails or their nails like those of beasts. It is not permissible by the Shari'ah to slaughter the animal with this tooth, and that sharp, cutting stone suffices for it. The scholars of hadith and its explainers say that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) excluded the tooth, the bone, and the claw from the permissibility of slaughter after permitting slaughter with a stone, for example, he excluded them from the permissibility. He said that slaughtering with these two means, bones and claws, was a customary practice in the land of Abyssinia. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it for two reasons. The first reason is a consistent rule: that a Muslim should not imitate a disbeliever. The second reason, which I mentioned earlier, is that the intention in slaughtering is to relieve the animal, and this is not achieved by slaughtering it with a bone or a claw. Anyone else, Professor?
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