Whatever is cut from an animal while it is alive, then it is dead flesh

Explanation

This Hadīth relates that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madīnah and found its people in the habit of cutting off the camels' humps and sheep's buttocks, which they would eat and utilize. So, he forbade them from doing this and clarified the rule in this regard; that if anything is cut off a living animal, like a camel's hump or sheep's buttocks, by itself or someone, it will be treated like a dead animal of the same kind; if it is deemed pure, this piece will be regarded as such, and vice versa. The hand of a human being is pure, while the buttocks of sheep is impure. Excluded are the hair, wool, feather, and skin.

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