Hadith 163

Sahih Muslim

Book 37: The Book of Clothes and Adornment

Chapter 29

The Prohibition Of Striking Or Branding Animals On The Face

باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ ضَرْبِ الْحَيَوَانِ، فِي وَجْهِهِ وَوَسْمِهِ فِيهِ ‏.‏

Sahih Muslim 2117
وَحَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ حِمَارٌ قَدْ وُسِمَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي وَسَمَهُ ‏"
Jabir reported that there happened to pass before Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) an ass the face of which had been cauterised, whereupon he said:

Allah has cursed one who has cauterised it (on the face).