It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not eat the sharitah (slaughtered animal), for it is the slaughter of Satan." Ibn al-Mubarak (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Sharitah" means that the animal's throat (the windpipe and the gullet) is not cut completely, but merely a cut is made in the skin and it is left until its life departs through that very wound. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the devils used to whisper into the hearts of their allies that they should say (to the Muslims): What Allah has slaughtered (that is, an animal that died by itself) you do not eat, yet what you slaughter yourselves you eat? So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned (at the time of slaughter)." [Surah al-An'am: 121] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.