Hadith #217

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‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأُمَوِيُّ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنِي ‏ ‏نَافِعٌ ‏ ‏أَنَّ ‏ ‏ابْنَ عُمَرَ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَهُمْ ‏ ‏أَنَّ جَارِيَةً كَانَتْ ‏ ‏تَرْعَى لِآلِ ‏ ‏كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ‏ ‏غَنَمًا لَهُمْ وَأَنَّهَا خَافَتْ عَلَى شَاةٍ مِنْ الْغَنَمِ أَنْ تَمُوتَ فَأَخَذَتْ حَجَرًا فَذَبَحَتْهَا بِهِ وَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ ذُكِرَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِأَكْلِهَا ‏

English Translation

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Umawi, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Nafi' — that a maidservant of the family of Ka'b ibn Malik al-Ansari was shepherding their sheep. She feared that one of the sheep would die, so she took a rock and slaughtered it with it. This was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he commanded them to eat it.

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 14, Hadith 217

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5255

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