Al-Kāfi - The Book of Slaughtering Animals for Food

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Slaughtering Animals for Food Chapter: The Camel and Bull Resist Slaughtering أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ وَ ٠َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) فِي ثَوْرٍ تَعَاصَى فَابْتَدَرُوهُ بِأَسْيَافِهِ٠َّوْا وَ أَتَوْا عَلِيّاً ( عليه السلا٠) فَقَالَ هَذِهِ ذَكَاةٌ وَحِيَّةٌ وَ لَحْ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Aban ‘Uthman from Ali has narrated from his father from-Fadl ibn ‘Abd al-Malik and ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that certain people once came to the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said that their cow became difficult with them and they had only to subdue it with their sword.

He (the Messenger of Allah) commanded them to use it for food.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/11))