2. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar and Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from ibn Muskan from Muhammad al-Halabiy who has said the following: “About the case of a bull that broke loose and people rushed with their swords and beat it down, abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘They asked ’Amir al-Mu’minin , about it and he (the Imam) said, ‘It is a fast slaughtering but its flesh is lawful for food.’”