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Hadith 2409
No doubt, the Prophet (ﷺ) mortgaged his armor for barley grams. Once I took barley bread with some
dissolved fat on it to the Prophet (ﷺ) and I heard him saying, "The household of Muhammad did not
possess except a Sa (of food grain, barley, etc.) for both the morning and the evening meals although
they were nine houses."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 48, Hadith 1
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My grandfather, Rafi` bin Khadij said, "We were in the valley of Dhul-Hulaifa of Tuhama in the
company of the Prophet (ﷺ) and had some camels and sheep (of the booty). The people hurried (in
slaughtering the animals) and put their meat in the pots and started cooking. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came and
ordered them to upset the pots, and distributed the booty considering one camel as equal to ten sheep.
One of the camels fled and the people had only a few horses, so they got worried. (The camel was
chased and) a man slopped the camel by throwing an arrow at it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Some of these
animals are untamed like wild animals, so if anyone of them went out of your control, then you should
treat it as you have done now.' " My grandfather said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We fear that we may meet
our enemy tomorrow and we have no knives, could we slaughter the animals with reeds?" The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "Yes, or you can use what would make blood flow (slaughter) and you can eat what is
slaughtered and the Name of Allah is mentioned at the time of slaughtering. But don't use teeth or
fingernails (in slaughtering). I will tell you why, as for teeth, they are bones, and fingernails are used
by Ethiopians for slaughtering. (See Hadith 668) Sahih al-Bukhari Book 47, Hadith 22
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The Prophet (ﷺ) bought some foodstuff on credit for a limited period and mortgaged his armor for it. Sahih al-Bukhari Book 48, Hadith 2