Hadith #560

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏عُقَيْلٍ ‏ ‏عَنِ ‏ ‏ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏عَنْ ‏ ‏أَبِيهِ ‏ ‏أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏أَمَرَ ‏ ‏بِحَدِّ ‏ ‏الشِّفَارِ ‏ ‏وَأَنْ ‏ ‏تُوَارَى ‏ ‏عَنْ الْبَهَائِمِ وَإِذَا ذَبَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُجْهِزْ ‏

English Translation

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Qutayba ibn Sa'id, from Ibn Lahi'a, from 'Uqayl, from Ibn Shihab, from Salim ibn 'Abdullah, from his father — that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that blades [shifa'] be sharpened and kept out of sight of the animals, and that when one of you slaughters, let him make it swift.

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 14, Hadith 560

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5598

Islam.wiki ID: IWH-41988