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Abu Dawood: Hadith 2828

16. Sacrifice (Kitab Al-Dahaya)

سنن أبي داود

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Regarding Slaughtering The Fetus

باب مَا جَاءَ فِي ذَكَاةِ الْجَنِينِ

2828
Abu Dawood
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْوَدَّاكِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْجَنِينِ فَقَالَ ‏‏ كُلُوهُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَنْحَرُ النَّاقَةَ وَنَذْبَحُ الْبَقَرَةَ وَالشَّاةَ فَنَجِدُ فِي بَطْنِهَا الْجَنِينَ أَنُلْقِيهِ أَمْ نَأْكُلُهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ كُلُوهُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَإِنَّ ذَكَاتَهُ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏"
Narrated Abu Sa'id al-Khudri:
I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the embryo. He replied: Eat it if you wish.

Musaddad's version says: we said: Messenger of Allah, we slaughter a she-camel, a cow and a sheep, and we find an embryo in its womb. Shall we throw it away or eat it? He replied: Eat it if you wish for the slaughter of its mother serves its slaughter.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2827
In-book : Book 16, Hadith 40
English translation : Book 15, Hadith 2821