Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ بْنِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَاقُو الْعَدُوِّ غَدًا وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مُدًى قَالَ مَا أَنْهَرَ الدَّمَ وَذُكِرَ عَلَيْهِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ فَكُلْ لَيْسَ السِّنَّ وَالظُّفُرَ وَسَأُحَدِّثُكَ أَمَّا السِّنُّ فَعَظْمٌ وَأَمَّا الظُّفُرُ فَمُدَى الْحَبَشَةِ قَالَ وَأَصَابَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهْبًا فَنَدَّ مِنْهَا بَعِيرٌ فَسَعَوْا لَهُ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِيعُوا فَرَمَاهُ رَجُلٌ بِسَهْمٍ فَحَبَسَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْإِبِلِ أَوْ قَالَ لِهَذِهِ النَّعَمِ أَوَابِدَ كَأَوَابِدِ الْوَحْشِ فَمَا غَلَبَكُمْ فَاصْنَعُوا بِهِ هَكَذَا.
English Translation
Sa'id ibn Amir told us: Shu'bah told us, from Sa'id ibn Masruq, from Abayah ibn Rifa'ah ibn Rafi' ibn Khadij, from his grandfather Rafi' ibn Khadij, who said: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, we are to meet the enemy tomorrow, and we have no knives with us." He said: "Whatever causes blood to flow, with Allah's name mentioned over it, eat it - except the tooth and the claw, and I will tell you why: as for the tooth, it is a bone, and as for the claw, it is the knife of the Abyssinians." He said: And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, obtained some plunder, and a camel from it bolted, and they ran after it but could not catch it, so a man shot it with an arrow and it was stopped. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "These camels" - or he said "this livestock" - "have some that turn wild like wild game; so whatever overcomes you [in that way], deal with it thus."