Muwatta Malik #1091
Slaughtering Animals
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَوْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ أَنَّ جَارِيَةً، لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ كَانَتْ تَرْعَى غَنَمًا لَهَا بِسَلْعٍ فَأُصِيبَتْ شَاةٌ مِنْهَا فَأَدْرَكَتْهَا فَذَكَّتْهَا بِحَجَرٍ فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ
" لاَ بَأْسَ بِهَا فَكُلُوهَا " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from a man of the Ansar
from Muadh ibn Sad or Sad ibn Muadh that a slave-girl of Kab ibn Malik
was herding some sheep at Sal (a mountain near Madina). One of the
sheep was about to die, so she went over to it and slaughtered it with
a stone. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, was asked about that, and he said, "There is no harm in it, so
eat it."
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This hadith is #1091 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Slaughtering Animals.