قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لاَقُو الْعَدُوِّ غَدًا، وَلَيْسَتْ مَعَنَا مُدًى فَقَالَ " اعْجَلْ أَوْ أَرِنْ مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ فَكُلْ، لَيْسَ السِّنَّ وَالظُّفُرَ، وَسَأُحَدِّثُكَ، أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ، وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ ". وَأَصَبْنَا نَهْبَ إِبِلٍ وَغَنَمٍ فَنَدَّ مِنْهَا بَعِيرٌ، فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الإِبِلِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ، فَإِذَا غَلَبَكُمْ مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ، فَافْعَلُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا ".
I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We are going to face the enemy tomorrow and we do not have knives." Hesaid, "Hurry up (in killing the animal). If the killing tool causes blood to flow out, and if Allah's Nameis mentioned, eat (of the slaughtered animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I will tell youwhy: As for the tooth, it is a bone; and as for the nail, it is the knife of Ethiopians." Then we got somecamels and sheep as war booty, and one of those camels ran away, whereupon a man shot it with anarrow and stopped it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Of these camels there are some which are as wild as wildbeasts, so if one of them (runs away and) makes you tired, treat it in this manner."