The Camel and Bull Resist Slaughtering

إِذَا امْتَنَعَ عَلَيْكَ بَعِيرٌ وَ أَنْتَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَنْحَرَهُ فَانْطَلَقَ مِنْكَ فَإِنْ خَشِيتَ أَنْ يَسْبِقَكَ فَضَرَبْتَهُ بِسَيْفٍ أَوْ طَعَنْتَهُ بِرُمْحٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ تُسَمِّيَ فَكُلْ إِلَّا أَنْ تُدْرِكَهُ وَ لَمْ يَمُتْ بَعْدُ فَذَكِّهِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once in al-Kufah a bull revolted and broke loose. People rushed with their swords and beat it down. They asked ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) said, ‘It is a fast slaughtering but its flesh is lawful for food.’”

إِنَّ ثَوْراً بِالْكُوفَةِ ثَارَ فَبَادَرَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ بِأَسْيَافِهِمْ فَضَرَبُوهُ فَأَتَوْا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ ذَكَاةٌ وَحِيَّةٌ وَ لَحْمُهُ حَلَالٌ.

“About the case of a bull that broke loose and people rushed with their swords and beat it down, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘They asked ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) said, ‘It is a fast slaughtering but its flesh is lawful for food.’”

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ فِي ثَوْرٍ تَعَاصَى فَابْتَدَرُوهُ بِأَسْيَافِهِمْ وَ سَمَّوْا وَ أَتَوْا عَلِيّاً ع فَقَالَ هَذِهِ ذَكَاةٌ وَحِيَّةٌ وَ لَحْمُهُ حَلَالٌ.

3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Aban ‘Uthman from Ali has narrated from his father from-Fadl ibn ‘Abd al-Malik and ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu ‘Abd Allah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that certain people once came to the Holy Prophet,

أَنَّ قَوْماً أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالُوا إِنَّ بَقَرَةً لَنَا غَلَبَتْنَا وَ اسْتَصْعَبَتْ عَلَيْنَا فَضَرَبْنَاهَا بِالسَّيْفِ فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِأَكْلِهَا.

‘You can use weapons for Nahr and mention the name of Allah; then you can use it for food.’”

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بَعِيرٌ تَرَدَّى فِي بِئْرٍ كَيْفَ يُنْحَرُ قَالَ تُدْخِلُ الْحَرْبَةَ فَتَطْعُنُهُ بِهَا وَ تُسَمِّي وَ تَأْكُلُ.

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Maysamy, from Aban, from Ismail Al Ju’fy who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah asws , ‘A camel fell down in a well, how can it be sacrificed?’ He asws said: ‘Stab it with a bayonet and Name ( Bismillah ) and eat’.