It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The slaughter of the fetus is the slaughter of its mother."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The slaughter of the fetus is the slaughter of its mother, provided that hair has grown on its body; however, it should (also) be slaughtered (separately) so that the blood held inside it flows out." This great chapter revolves around the narrations of Atiyyah from Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), and for that reason the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. And someone may imagine that the hadith of Abu Ayyub is sahih (authentic), but that is not so:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The slaughter of the fetus is the slaughter of its mother." In the narration of Abu al-Waddak from Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), a narrator named Allan is alone in narrating it, and its wording contains some additions by which no proof is established. But when the experts of this discipline reflect on the hadiths of this chapter as a whole, they are amazed that the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not include it in their "Sahih".

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the people of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah) used to eat some things (according to their liking) and leave some things out of distaste. Then Allah Almighty sent His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and revealed His Book, and He made its lawful lawful and its unlawful unlawful. So whatever Allah made lawful is lawful, whatever He made unlawful is unlawful, and whatever Allah remained silent about is pardoned (that is, permissible). And he recited this verse: "Say (O Prophet): I do not find, in what has been revealed to me, anything forbidden (to one who would eat it)." [Surah al-An'am: 145] This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Tha'labah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has set certain limits, so do not transgress them; He has laid down certain obligations for you, so do not neglect them; He has made certain things unlawful, so do not violate their sanctity; and your Lord has remained silent about certain things, not out of forgetfulness, but purely as a mercy for you, so accept them (as a blessing) and do not (needlessly) search into them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about ghee, cheese and the meat of the wild ass, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The lawful is what Allah has made lawful in His Book, and the unlawful is what Allah has made unlawful in His Book, and whatever Allah remained silent about is among the things He has pardoned (that is, made permissible)." This is a sahih (authentic) and clear hadith on this subject; however, the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record the narration of Sayf bin Harun.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was very fond of "thufl". Abu Muhammad said: I heard Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Ishaq say: "Thufl" means tharid (bread soaked in broth).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that of all foods, the most beloved to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was "tharid" (bread soaked in broth). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Indeed, the narrator named Umar bin Sa'id is the brother of Sufyan and al-Mubarak, the sons of Sa'id. As for the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The superiority of Aishah over women is like the superiority of tharid over all other food," it is recorded in the two Sahihs.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, blessing descends in the middle of the food, so eat from its edges and do not eat from its middle." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the People of the Suffah, that he said: Three days passed over us (in hunger). The custom was that whoever left the mosque would take two or three men by the hand, according to his means, and feed them. He said: I was among those who could not get food for three days and three nights. Then at the time of Isha I saw Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). I went to him and asked him to recite Surah Saba' to me. He kept reciting until he reached his house. I hoped he would invite me to eat, but he recited up to the door of the house, stopped there and completed the rest of the surah, then went inside and left me. Then I approached Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and did the same with him (but the result was the same). When morning came, I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole story. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his slave-girl: "Is there anything to eat?" She replied: Yes, one loaf of bread and a little ghee. He (peace and blessings be upon him) called for it, then broke the bread into pieces with his blessed hand, mixed the ghee into it and made it into tharid. Then he said: "Go and call ten men, you being the tenth of them." I called ten men. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Sit down," and the large bowl was placed in front (of us). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Eat in the name of Allah (saying Bismillah); eat from its sides and do not eat from the top (middle), for blessing descends from the top." So we ate until we were full, and the bowl remained just as full, as if we had only drawn lines in it with our fingers. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) took it from us, set it right and said: "Call ten more men." The narrator mentioned that in this way he (peace and blessings be upon him) called ten men at a time three times and fed them, and food was still left over. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.