10. Hunting, Food and Drink
21:4732 - The Messenger of Allah said: When you set off your trained dogs (to hunt game) recite the name of Allah while setting them off, then eat the game. But on the condition that no other dog, which you did not set off, participates in catching the game.
21:4733 - The Prophet said: When you set of your trained dogs having recited the name of Allah, then eat what these have caught for you, provided dog has not eaten any part of the game. If it has eaten the game, then you don't eat it as I fear that it might have caught for its own self.
21:4742 - Allah's Messenger said: When you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, and if you find it (the arrow) killed (that) then eat, except when you find it fallen into water, for in that case you do not know whether it is water that caused its death or your arrow.
21:4743 - Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani said: Allah's Messenger, we are in the land of the Jews and Christians, so we eat in their utensils. Inform me what is lawful (Halal) for us. The Prophet said: Regarding what you have mentioned of the fact that you live in the land belonging to the People of the Book and so you eat in their utensils, but if you can get utensils other than theirs, then don't eat in them.
21:4752 - Allah's Messenger prohibited the eating of all fanged beasts of prey, and all the birds having talons.
21:4756 - Allah's Messenger sent us on an expedition {raid} that we might intercept a caravan of the Quraish. He provided us with a bag of dates. Abu Ubaida gave each of us one date everyday. We then went to the coast of the sea, and there rose before us on the coast something like a big mound. We came near and found that it was a beast, called al-'Anbar (whale). Abu 'Ubaida said. It is dead but it does not matter, we have been sent by the Messenger of Allah in the path of Allah and you are hard pressed on account of the scarcity of food, so you eat that. We three hundred in number stayed there for a month, until we grew bulky. We extracted pitcher after pitcher full of fat from the cavity of its eye, and sliced from it compact piece of meat equal to a bull. Abu 'Ubaida called forth thirteen men from us and he made them sit in the cavity of its eye, and he took hold of one of the ribs of its chest and made it stand and then saddled the biggest of the camels we had with us and it passed under the arched rib, and we provided ourselves with pieces of boiled meat. When we came back to Medina, we went to Allah's Messenger and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: That was a provision which Allah had brought forth for you. Is there any piece of meat left with you, so that you give to us? He (Jabir) said: We sent to Allah's Messenger some of that meat and he ate it.
21:4777 - When Allah's Messenger conquered Khaibar, we caught hold of the asses outside the village. We cooked them. Then the announcer of Allah's Messenger made the announcement: Listen, verily Allah and His Messenger have prohibited you the eating of their flesh, for it is a loathsome evil of Satan's doing.
21:4779 - Allah's Messenger prohibited eating of the flesh of domestic asses but permitted the cooking of the flesh of horses.
21:4780 - We ate during the time of Khaibar the flesh of horses and of wild asses, but Allah's Messenger prohibited us to eat the flesh of domestic asses.
21:4784 - A person asked Allah's Messenger about the eating of lizards, whereupon he said. I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.
21:4788 - There were some persons with Allah's Apostle. There was brought to them the flesh of the lizard when a lady amongst the wives of Allah's Apostle said: It is the flesh of the lizard. Thereupon Allah's Messenger said: Eat, for it is lawful.
21:4801 - We went on seven expeditions with Allah's Messenger and ate locusts.
21:4804 - We chased a hare at Marr az-Zahrin and caught hold of it. I brought it to Abu Talha. He slaughtered it and sent its haunch and two hind legs to Allah's Messenger and he accepted them.
21:4805 - Allah's Messenger forbade flinging of pebbles since neither the game is taken thereby, nor an enemy defeated.
21:4810 - Allah's Messenger said: When you kill, kill in a good way and when you slaughter, slaughter in a good way. So every one of you should sharpen his knife, and let the slaughtered animal die comfortably.
22:4819 - Allah's Messenger said: He who slaughtered sacrificial animal before the ‘Id prayer should slaughter a goat again in its stead and he who has not slaughtered he should slaughter it by reciting the name of Allah.
22:4823 - Abu Burda sacrificed his animal before ('Id) prayer. Thereupon Allah's Messenger said: “That is a goat slaughtered for the sake of flesh and not as a sacrifice on the day of Adha.” Abu Burda said: “I have a lamb of six months.” Thereupon he (Muhammad) said: “Offer it as a sacrifice. He who sacrificed before prayer, he in fact slaughtered it for his own self, and he who slaughtered after prayer, his ritual of sacrifice became complete and he in fact observed the religious practice of the Muslims.”
22:4841 - Allah's Messenger sacrificed two horned rams with his own hand and placed his foot on their sides, and recited the name of Allah and Glorified Him (saying Allah-o-Akbar).
22:4845 - Allah's Messenger commanded that a ram with black legs, black belly and black circles round the eyes should be brought to him, so that he should sacrifice it. He then took the knife and then the ram; he placed it on the ground and then sacrificed it, saying: “In the name of Allah, O Allah, accept this sacrifice on behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and the Umma of Muhammad”
22:4869 - Allah's Messenger said: When any one of you intending to sacrifice the animal enters in the month (of Dhu'l-Hijja) he should not get his hair or nails cut until he has sacrificed the animal.
22:4876 - Allah's Messenger said: Allah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone besides Allah; and cursed him who accommodated an innovator; and Allah cursed him who changed the boundary lines of the land possessed by him.
23:4892 - Tariq a-Ju'fi asked Allah's Apostle about liquor. He forbade its use and he expressed hatred that it should be prepared. He (Tariq) said: I prepare it as a medicine, whereupon he (the Prophet) said: It is no medicine, but an ailment.
23:4898 - Allah's Messenger said: Do not mix grapes and fresh dates, and dry dates and fresh dates.
23:4962 - Allah's Messenger said: Every intoxicant is forbidden. Allah made a covenant to those who drank intoxicants to make their drink Tinat al-Khabal. They said: Allah's Messenger, what is Tinat al-Khabal? He said: It is the sweat and discharge of the denizens of Hell.
23:4962 - Allah's Messenger said: He who drank wine in this world would be deprived of it in the Hereafter.
23:5010 - Allah's Messenger said: None of you should eat or drink with his left hand for the Satan eats with left hand and drinks with that hand.
23:5018 - Allah's Apostle forbade that a person should drink while standing. We said to him: What about eating? Thereupon he said: That is even worse and more detestable (abominable).
23:5022 - Allah's Messenger said: None of you should drink while standing; and if anyone forgets, he must vomit.
23:5038 - Allah's Messenger said: When any one of you eats food he should not wipe his hand until he has licked it or got it licked by someone else.
23:5040 - The Messenger of Allah used to eat food with three fingers and he licked his hand before wiping it.
23:5043 - Allah's Messenger commanded the licking of fingers and the dish, saying: “You do not know in what portion the blessing lies.”
23:5044 - Allah's Messenger said: When any one of you drops a mouthful he should pick it up and remove any of the filth on it, and then eat it, and should not leave it for the Satan, and should not wipe his hand with towel until he has licked his fingers, for he does not know in what portion of the food the blessing lies.
23:5078 - Allah's Messenger said: A family which has dates will not be hungry.
23:5079 - Allah's Messenger said: A family which has no dates in their house, its members will be hungry.
23:5081 - Allah's Messenger said: He who ate seven 'ajwa' dates in the morning, poison and magic will not harm him on that day.
23:5088 - Allah's Messenger said: Truffles (an underground fungal tuber) are 'Manna' which Allah sent to the people, and its juice is a medicine for the eyes.
23:5099 - Allah's Apostle did not eat garlic as he was visited by angels who brought him the message of Allah.
23:5116 - Allah's Messenger said: A believer eats in one intestine, whereas a non-believer eats in seven intestines.
23:5120 - Allah's Messenger invited a non-Muslim and commanded that a goat be milked for him. It was milked and he drank its milk. Then the second one was milked and he drank its milk, till he drank the milk of seven goats. On the next morning he embraced Islam. And Allah's Messenger commanded that a goat should be milked for him and he drank its milk and then another was milked but he did not finish it, whereupon Allah's Messenger said: A believer drinks in one intestine whereas a non-believer drinks in seven intestines.