13 – Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whatever is cut from a living animal is carrion.” It was recorded by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, who graded it hasan, and the wording here is his. (1)

Grade of the ḥadith
The report is hasan (fair).

It has reached us through four separate chains from four Companions: Abu Saʿid, Abu Waqid al-Laythi, Ibn ʿUmar, and Tamim al-Dari. This narration of Abu Waqid is also found in Ahmad (21396) and al-Hakim (4/137), and al-Hakim ruled it ṣaḥīḥ.

Al-Shawkani said: “Al-Hakim transmitted it, traced back to the Prophet, from Abu Saʿid.” Al-Daraqutni remarked, “The mursal version is sounder.”

As for the report of Ibn ʿUmar, al-Tabarani included it in al-Awsat; its chain contains ʿAsim ibn ʿUmar, who is weak.

The report of Tamim was recorded by Ibn Majah and al-Tabarani, and its isnād is weak.

Vocabulary
– “Whatever is cut” (ma qutiʿa): ma is a relative pronoun, and the verb following it is in the passive voice.
– “An animal” (al-bahīmah): every four-legged creature, whether land- or sea-dwelling, apart from beasts of prey; its plural is bahāʾim.
– “While it is alive” (wa-hiya ḥayyah): the waw introduces a circumstantial clause, meaning that the animal is still alive at the time.
– “Carrion” (mayt): with a quiescent yāʾ, for the piece in question is treated as a dead animal in reality.