فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ ع إِذَا طَرَفَتِ الْعَيْنُ أَوْ رَكَضَتِ الرِّجْلُ أَوْ تَحَرَّكَ الذَّنَبُ وَ أَدْرَكْتَهُ فَذَكِّهِ.
that if the eyes move or the leg runs or the tail moves and you can achieve such opportunity, you then must slaughter it.’”
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذْ جَاءَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَقُولُ لَكَ جَدِّي إِنَّ رَجُلًا ضَرَبَ بَقَرَةً بِفَأْسٍ فَسَقَطَتْ ثُمَّ ذَبَحَهَا فَلَمْ يُرْسِلْ مَعَهُ بِالْجَوَابِ وَ دَعَا سَعِيدَةَ مَوْلَاةَ أُمِّ فَرْوَةَ فَقَالَ لَهَا إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً أَتَانِي بِرِسَالَةٍ مِنْكِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيْكِ بِالْجَوَابِ مَعَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذ
“Once I was with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Salam came. I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause. My grandfather asks you about the case of a man who has hit a cow with a hammer and it has fallen down, then he has slaughtered it.’ He (the Imam) did not send the answer but
فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ ع إِذَا طَرَفَتِ الْعَيْنُ أَوْ رَكَضَتِ الرِّجْلُ أَوْ تَحَرَّكَ الذَّنَبُ فَكُلْ مِنْهُ فَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتَ ذَكَاتَهُ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that it is in the book of Ali (a.s.), that if the eye turns or the leg runs or the tail moves, then slaughtering properly is achieved.’”
إِذَا شَكَكْتَ فِي حَيَاةِ شَاةٍ وَ رَأَيْتَهَا تَطْرِفُ عَيْنَهَا أَوْ تُحَرِّكُ أُذُنَيْهَا أَوْ تَمْصَعُ[3] بِذَنَبِهَا فَاذْبَحْهَا فَإِنَّهَا لَكَ حَلَالٌ.
“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that in a doubtful condition about a sheep being alive or dead, see if its eyes turn, or its ears move or its tail moves, then slaughter it, it is lawful for food.’”
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الذَّبِيحَةِ فَقَالَ إِذَا تَحَرَّكَ الذَّنَبُ أَوِ الطَّرْفُ أَوِ الْأُذُنُ فَهُوَ ذَكِيٌّ.
‘If the animal moves its tail or turns its eyes or moves its ears, it then is clean and properly slaughtered.’”
فِي الشَّاةِ إِذَا طَرَفَتْ عَيْنَهَا أَوْ حَرَّكَتْ ذَنَبَهَا فَهِيَ ذَكِيَّةٌ.
‘If a sheep turns its eyes or moves its tail, it then is clean and properly slaughtered.’”