Hadith 8

(The book) ‘Majalis’ of Ibn Sheykh – from a group, from Abu Al Mufazzal Al Shaybani, from Ahmad Bin Abdullah Bin Ammar Al Saqafi the scribe, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al Nowfali, from Muhammad Bin Al Haris Bin Bashir Al Duhny, from Al Qasim Bin Al Fazl Bin Amro Al Qeysi, from Abbad Al Minqary, ‘From Abu Abdullah Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘My-asws father-asws narrated to me-asws from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws, from Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj upon them-asws all having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww passed by an antelope tied to a pole of a tent. When it saw Rasool-Allah-saww, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Freed her tongue for it, so it spoke. It said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I am a mother of two cubs who are thirsty, and this one is my udder full of milk. Free me until I go and feed them, then I shall return, so you-saww can tie me (again) like what I have been’. Rasool-Allah-saww said to it: ‘How can I-saww, and you have been tied up by a people and are their prey? ’
It said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww! I will come so you-saww can tie me like what I have been, you-saww by your-saww own hands! ’ So he-saww took a covenant from Allah-azwj upon it for its return and freed it’s way. It was not except a little while until it returned, having been free of what was in her udders. The Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj tied it, like what it had been. Then he-saww asked: ‘For whom is this prey? ’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! This is for the clan of so and so! ’
The Prophet-saww came to them, and the one who had hunted it among them was a hypocrite. He retracted from his hypocrisy and his Islam was good. The Prophet-saww spoke to him in order to buy it from him. He said, ‘But, I hereby free it’s way, may my father and my mother be ransomed for you‑saww, O Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj! ’
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘If the animals were knowing of the death what you are knowing, you would not eat a fat one from them’’. [6]