Muwatta Malik #1094
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 يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَا ذُبِحَ بِهِ إِذَا بَضَعَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ إِذَا اضْطُرِرْتَ إِلَيْهِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn
al-Musayyab said, "There is no harm in whatever you slaughter with a
cutting edge, as long as you are forced to do it by necessity."
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1094 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Slaughtering Animals.