Mishkat al-Masabih #3928
Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered
‘Abdallah b. ‘Amr b. al-‘As reported God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone kills a sparrow or anything greater wrongfully God will question him about killing it.” On being asked what was the right way he replied, “To cut its throat and eat it, but not to cut off its head and throw it away.”
Ahmad, Nasa’i and Darimi transmitted it.
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This hadith is #3928 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Game and Animals Which May Be Slaughtered. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.