Volume 7, Book 67, Number 423:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
While I was with Ibn ‘Umar, we passed by a group of young men who had tied a hen and started
shooting at it. When they saw Ibn ‘Umar, they dispersed, leaving it. On that Ibn ‘Umar said, “Who has
done this? The Prophet cursed the one who did so.”
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 392:
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
I asked Allah’s Apostle. “We hunt with the help of these hounds.” He said, “If you let loose your
trained hounds after a game, and mention the name of Allah, then you can eat what the hounds
catch for you, even if they killed the game. But you should not eat of it if the hound has eaten of it,
for then it is likely that the hound has caught the game for itself. And if other hounds join your
hound in hunting the game, then do not eat of it.”
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 393:
Narrated Adi bin Hatim:
The Prophet said, “If you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah’s Name on sending
it, and the hound catches the game and kills it, then you can eat of it. But if the hound eats of it, then
you should not eat thereof, for the hound has caught it for itself. And if along with your hound, join
other hounds, and Allah’s Name was not mentioned at the time of their sending, and they catch an
animal and kill it, you should not ea: of it, for you will not know which of them has killed it. And if
you have thrown an arrow at the game and then find it (dead) two or three days later and, it bears
no mark other than the wound inflicted by your arrow, then you can eat of it. But if the game is
found (dead) in water, then do not eat of it.” And it has also been narrated by ‘Adi bin Hatim that he
asked the Prophet “If a hunter throws an arrow at the game and after tracing it for two or three days
he finds it dead but still bearing his arrow, (can he eat of it)?” The Prophet replied, “He can eat if he
wishes.”
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 394:
Narrated ‘Adi bin Hatim:
I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I let loose my hound after a game and mention Allah’s Name on sending
it.” The Prophet said, “If you let loose your hound after a game and you mention Allah’s Name on
sending it and the hound catches and kills the game and eats of it, then you should not eat of it, for it
has killed it for itself.” I said, “Sometimes when I send my hound after a game, I find another hound
along with it and I do not know which of them has caught the game.” He said, “You must not eat of it
because you have not mentioned, the Name of Allah except on sending your own hound, and you did
not mention it on the other hound.” Then I asked him about the game hunted with a Mi’rad (i.e. a
sharp edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting).
He said, “If the game is killed with its sharp edge, you can eat of it, but if it is killed by its broad side
(shaft), you cannot eat of it, for then it is like an animal beaten to death with a pie
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Volume 7, Book 67, Number 395:
Narrated Adi Bin Hatim:
I asked Allah’s Apostle, “We hunt with these hounds.” He said, “If you send your trained hounds
after a game and mention Allah’s Name on sending, you can eat of what they catch for you. But if the
hound eats of the game, then you must not eat of it, for I am afraid that the hound caught it for itself,
and if another hound joins your hounds (during the hunt), you should not eat of the game.”
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 396:
Narrated Abu Tha’laba Al-Khushani:
I came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! We are living in the land of the people of the
Scripture and we take our meals in their utensils, and in the land there is game and I hunt with my
bow and trained or untrained hounds; please tell me what is lawful for us of that.” He said, “As for
your saying that you are living in the land of the people of the Scripture and that you eat in their
utensils, if you can get utensils other than theirs, do not eat in their utensils, but if you do not find
(other than theirs), then wash their utensils and eat in them. As for your saying that you are in the
land of game, if you hung something with your bow, and have mentioned Allah’s Name while hunt –
ing, then you can eat (the game). And if you hunt something with your trained hound, and have
mentioned Allah’s Name on sending it for hunting then you can eat (the game). But if you hunt
something with your untrained hound and you were able to slaughter it before its death, you can eat
of it.”
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 397:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
We provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran till it started jumping. My companions chased it till they
got tired. But I alone ran after it and caught it and brought it to Abu Talha. He sent both its legs to the
Prophet who accepted them.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 398:
Narrated Abu Qatada:
that once he was with Allah’s Apostle (on the way to Mecca). When he had covered some of the
way to Mecca, he and some companions of his, who were in the state of lhram. remained behind the
Prophet while Abu Qatada himself was not in the state of Ihram. Abu Qatada, seeing an onager rode
his horse and asked his companions to hand him a whip, but they refused. He then asked them to
hand him his spear, but they refused. Then he took it himself and attacked the onager and killed it.
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Some of the Companions of Allah’s Apostle ate of it, but some others refused to eat. When they met
Allah’s Apostle they asked him about that. He said, “It was meal given to you by Allah.”