“Slaughter with anything that severs the jugular veins, except a tooth and a nail.” Al-Haythamī said: “Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it in al-Awsaṭ, and its chain contains ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥirāsh. Ibn Ḥibbān declared him trustworthy, but said: ‘He may sometimes err’; the majority deemed him weak.”
The other is the hadith of Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj, attributed to the Prophet: “Whatever causes the blood to flow, and over which Allah’s name has been mentioned, eat it—except a tooth and a nail.” It was recorded by al-Bukhārī and Muslim, as well as others, and is documented in al-Irwāʾ (8/165/2522).
- “Eat from around it, saying, ‘In the name of Allah,’ and leave its top, for blessing comes to it from above.”
Ibn Mājah recorded it (2/305) through the route of Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn al-Darfas, who said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Qusāymah narrated to me from Wāthilah ibn al-Asqaʿ al-Laythī, who said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of the top of the tharīd and said...” He then mentioned it.
I say: This chain of transmission is weak. All its narrators are trustworthy except ʿUmar ibn al-Darfas, who is unknown, as stated in al-Taqrīb. However, he has been corroborated: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak said: Ibn Lahīʿah informed us; Yazīd ibn Ḥabīb narrated to me that Rabīʿah ibn Yazīd al-Dimashqī informed him from Wāthilah—that is, Ibn al-Asqaʿ—who said: “I was with the people of al-Suffah when, one day, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a round loaf. He broke it into a large bowl, poured hot water over it, then added melted fat. He then mixed it, made it cohesive, and heaped it up. Then he said: ‘Go and bring me ten men, with you as the tenth.’ So I brought them, and he then mentioned something similar, but without the words, ‘In the name of Allah.’ They ate from it until they were full.”