Chapter: The Prohibition Of Striking Or Branding Animals On The Face

Hadith 2116 Part A

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Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade (the animals to be beaten) on the face or cauterisation on the face.

Hadith 2116 Part B

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This hadith has been reported on the authority of Jabir b. 'Abdullah through another chain of transmitters.

Hadith 2117 Part A

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Jabir reported that there happened to pass before Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) an ass the face of which had been cauterised, whereupon he said

Allah has cursed one who has cauterised it (on the face).

Hadith 2118 Part A

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Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw an ass which had been cauterised on the face. He disapproved of it saying

By Allah, I do not cauterise (the animal) but on a part at a distance from the face, and commanded (for the cauterisation) of his ass and it was cauterised on the buttocks and he was the first to cauterise on the buttocks.