Slaughtering a cow whose head is stuck in a hole

A: What is difficult to slaughter from the neck due to running away or falling into a pit or a well, can be slaughtered by injuring it in any part of the body, unless its head is in the water or any similar reason that might cause its death, as it might have died by this reason, not by the injury. It was reported on the authority of Rafi` ibn Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said, "We were once traveling with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), so a camel became ferocious, and there were no horses with them, so a man stabbed it with an arrow." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Those animals might sometimes be like wild beasts; if any animal gets wild, do the same with it." Narrated by the Five Compilers of Hadith (Imams Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Al-Tirmidhy, Al-Nasa'y and Ibn Majah).