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Authentic hadith article

We asked the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about the fetus (of edible animals). He said: Eat it if you wish, for it is considered legally slaughtered with the slaughtering of its mother

Authentic hadithNarrated by Ibn Majah - Narrated by At-Termedhy - Narrated by Abu Daoud - Narrated by AhmadHadeethEnc #64657
Arabic hadith text

عن أبي سعيد قال: سألْنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الجَنِينِ فقال: «كُلُوهُ إنْ شِئْتُم، فإنَّ ذَكاتَه، ذَكاةُ أُمِّهِ».

English translation

Abu Sa‘īd reported: We asked the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) about the fetus (of edible animals). He said: "Eat it if you wish, for it is considered legally slaughtered with the slaughtering of its mother."

Explanation

Explanation of the hadith

The fetus of a slaughtered animal, if taken out dead, is lawful to eat. The slaughtering of the mother is enough to make it lawful to eat, for the fetus was part of the animal when it was slaughtered. Being so, the parts of the animals do not require independent slaughtering.

Topics
Slaughtering

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