Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 15.0

The fetus is considered legally slaughtered with the legal slaughtering of its mother

باب ذَكَاةُ الْجَنِينِ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ

1 hadiths

Sunan Ibn Majah, 3199sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

6 transmitters

Narrated by Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala'from'Abdullah bin MubarakfromSulaiman bin Hayan al-AzdifromMujalid bin Sa'id bin 'UmayrfromJabir Bun Nauf, Abu al-WadakfromAbu Sa'id al-Khudri

Hadith text · Matn

‏ كُلُوهُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَإِنَّ ذَكَاةَ الْجَنِينِ ذَكَاةُ أُمِّهِ ‏

‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ سَمِعْتُ الْكَوْسَجَ إِسْحَقَ بْنَ مَنْصُورٍ يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِهِمْ فِي الذَّكَاةِ لَا يُقْضَى بِهَا مَذِمَّةٌ قَالَ مَذِمَّةٌ بِكَسْرِ الذَّالِ مِنْ الذِّمَامِ وَبِفَتْحِ الذَّالِ مِنْ الذَّمِّ.

English translation

It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed said:

“We asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the fetus. He said: ‘Eat it if you wish, for it is considered legally slaughtered with the slaughtering of its mother.’”

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَأَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ وَعَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْوَدَّاكِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ الْجَنِينِ فَقَالَ ‏