النص العربي
إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ الإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا القِتْلَةَ، وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذِّبْحَةَ، وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ، وَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
Allah has prescribed iḥsān (excellence) in everything. So if you kill, kill in the best way; if you slaughter, slaughter in the best way — let one of you sharpen his blade and put his slaughtered animal at ease.
— Shaddād ibn Aws (RA) (Muslim)
الشرح
Excellence applies even to permitted necessities — including the slaughter of animals.
شرح موسّع
The principle of iḥsān — doing things in the most beautiful, complete, and merciful way — is universal. The Prophet ﷺ deliberately chose two contexts that humans might consider ‘beneath’ careful conduct (killing in legitimate war, slaughtering animals) precisely to show that iḥsān has no exceptions.
Ibn Daqīq al-‘Eid notes: if iḥsān is required even in slaughter — an unavoidable, lawful taking of life — then how much more so in worship, in trade, in raising children, in marriage, in friendship? The hadith universalises a quality across the entire human experience.
من كلام أهل العلم
"Iḥsān in slaughter is mentioned because it is something most people are heedless about. If even there it is required, what about everything else?"
"Sharpening the blade — yuḥidd aḥadukum shafratahu — includes preparing well for any task. Cutting corners is the opposite of iḥsān."
الفقه والأحكام
- •Halal slaughter requires: a sharp blade, mention of Allah’s name, severing the windpipe, food-pipe, and at least one jugular vein.
- •Slaughtering one animal in front of another is forbidden — it contradicts iḥsān to the watching animal.
- •Iḥsān at work, in marriage, in parenting — all derive their obligation from the universal principle of this hadith.
الصلة بآيات القرآن
مفردات عربية مفتاحية
excellence, doing beautifully
you slaughter
his blade
his slaughtered animal
تأمل اليوم
Where in your life have you settled for 'good enough' instead of iḥsān?
أبرز الفوائد
- 1Iḥsān is universal — in worship, work, and relationships.
- 2Mercy to animals is part of iḥsān.
أخطاء شائعة وتنبيهات
- ⚠‘Killing in the best way’ refers to legitimate warfare under Islamic rules — not vigilante or unlawful killing, which is forbidden absolutely.
- ⚠Industrial mass slaughter that violates iḥsān (e.g., conscious animals, dull blades) raises serious questions about the meat’s desirability even if technically halal.
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