The Unborn Young that is Found inside the Animal Slaughtered

سَأَلْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- أُحِلَّتْ لَكُمْ بَهِيمَةُ الْأَنْعامِ‌[1] فَقَالَ الْجَنِينُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ إِذَا أَشْعَرَ وَ أَوْبَرَ فَذَكَاتُهُ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي عَنَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

“I once asked one of the two Imam, (abu Ja‘far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, about the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘He has made lawful for you the pitch-black animals for food.’ (5:2) He (the Imam) said, ‘It means the young in the womb of the mother when it grows hair or wool, thus, proper sl

إِذَا ذَبَحْتَ الذَّبِيحَةَ فَوَجَدْتَ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَداً تَامّاً فَكُلْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ تَامّاً فَلَا تَأْكُلْ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you slaughter an animal and find inside its young in a complete form, you can use it for food but if it is not complete then do not use it for food.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْحُوَارِ[2] تُذَكَّى أُمُّهُ أَ يُؤْكَلُ بِذَكَاتِهَا فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ تَمَاماً وَ نَبَتَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّعْرُ فَكُلْ. - عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ‌ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مِثْلَهُ.

3. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il from Ali ibn al-Nu’man from Ya‘qub ibn who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about the young of camel when the mother is slaughtered; if it can also be used for food because its mother i

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّاةِ يَذْبَحُهَا وَ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَدٌ وَ قَدْ أَشْعَرَ فَقَالَ ع ذَكَاتُهُ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ.

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about a sheep which is slaughtered and its young, which has grown its wool, is found inside. He (the Imam) said, ‘Slaughtering for it is the slaughtering of its mother.’”

فِي الْجَنِينِ إِذَا أَشْعَرَ فَكُلْ وَ إِلَّا فَلَا تَأْكُلْ. يَعْنِي إِذَا لَمْ يُشْعِرْ.

“About the case of a young found inside an animal which is slaughtered, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You can use it for food if it has grown hairs, otherwise, do not use it for food, that is, if it has not grown any hairs.’”