The Prophet (ﷺ) met Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail in the bottom of (the valley of) Baldah before any Divine Inspiration came to the Prophet (ﷺ). A meal was presented to the Prophet (ﷺ) but he refused to eat from it. (Then it was presented to Zaid) who said, I do not eat anything which you slaughter at your [1] (in the name of your idols etc.). I eat only those (animal's meat) on which Allâh's Name has been mentioned at the time of slaughtering." Zaid bin 'Amr used to criticise the way the Quraish used to slaughter their animals, and used to say, "Allâh has created the sheep and He has sent the water for it from the sky, and He has grown the grass for it from the earth; yet you slaughter it in other than the Name of Allâh." (He used to say so), for he rejected that practice and considered it as something abominable. [5:169-O.B]