Abu Ahwas narrates from his father: I presented myself before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He inquired: Is it so that the camels of your people give birth to healthy and sound-eared offspring, then someone takes a razor and cuts its ear, and says: This is Bahira (i.e., dedicated to such-and-such idol), or he slits its skin and says: This is Sarm (i.e., dedicated to such-and-such idol), and then that person declares this camel forbidden for himself and his family? The narrator says: I replied: Yes. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Whatever Allah grants you is lawful. Allah’s wrist is stronger than your wrist, and Allah’s razor is sharper than your razor.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The words of the narration:“Allah’s wrist is stronger than your wrist,”are according to the idiom of the people, because the meaning can only be conveyed to the listener according to their idiom. The statement of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):“Everything that Allah has given you is lawful for you,”here, literally, is in the imperative form, but what is meant by it is to prohibit that thing because of this practice, and that is the people’s behavior regarding camels: they cut their ears and slit their skins, then declare them forbidden for themselves.

Hasan Basri narrates: A man said to Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him): My slave has run away. I have vowed that if I find him, I will surely cut off his hand. Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not cut off his hand. Once, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood among us (to deliver a sermon), and he commanded us to give charity and forbade mutilation.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Allah Almighty has cursed the person who mutilates an animal."

Iyas bin Salamah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Salamah bin Akwa’ رضي الله عنه): One day, I was taking the Prophet Muhammad ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), Sayyiduna Hasan رضي الله عنه, and Sayyiduna Husayn رضي الله عنه, riding together on a mule, until I brought them into the chamber of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). (Of Sayyiduna Imam Hasan رضي الله عنه and Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رضي الله عنه), one was sitting in front of the Prophet Muhammad ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and the other was sitting behind him.

Sahl bin Mu’adh narrates from his father, who was a companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him), that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:“Ride these animals with safety, and do not make them chairs.”(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) This means do not use them in such a way that you never get down from them.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a donkey whose face had been branded. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the person who had done this, then he said: "Subhan Allah! Do not strike them on their faces."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "A woman entered Hell because of a cat. She had tied up the cat; she neither gave it food nor did she release it so that it could eat on its own, until the cat died."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: During the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), there was a solar eclipse. The Prophet stood up and we also stood up. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed the prayer. After that, he turned towards us to speak. He said: Paradise was presented before me, to the extent that if I wished, I could have taken a bunch from it. Hell was also presented before me; if I had not pushed it away, it would have engulfed you. I saw three people in it who were being punished. One was a tall, dark-skinned woman from Yemen who was being punished because of a cat. She had tied up the cat. She did not let it go so it could eat on its own, nor did she give it anything to eat, until the cat died. Then the cat would come to her, then come from behind her, and scratch her. (I saw in Hell) a man from Banu Dada’ah who had an issue with two she-camels, who was tied between two pillars in Hell. (The narrator says) those two she-camels were among the sacrificial animals of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), which that man had stolen. (The Prophet said) I saw a man with a stick, who was leaning on his stick. This man used to steal the belongings of pilgrims with his stick; when his theft remained hidden, he would take the goods away, and when he was caught, he would say: I did not steal; this thing just got caught on my stick.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Once Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) branded the face of his camel or some animal. When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) saw this, he became angry. Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: From now on, I will always brand on the back part of its body. Then Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) branded it on its ja'irah (the part of the thigh where the animal's tail reaches when it wags).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a donkey that had been branded on its face, so he strongly condemned this. The owner said: By Allah, now I will brand it on that part of its body which is farthest from the face. So, by his order, the donkey was branded on its thighs (where the tail reaches when it moves). Thus, it was the first animal to be branded on its thighs.