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ahmad:18266Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Isrāʾīl > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We send our trained dogs to catch game for us.' He said: 'Eat what it catches for you.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, and if they kill it?' He said: 'Even if they kill it, as long as they are not accompanied by some other dogs besides them.'" He said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We hunt with the Mir'ad.' He said: 'Eat of the game what the Mir'ad pierces, but whatever is struck by its broad side, then do not eat it.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1465)   

أحمد:١٨٢٦٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نُرْسِلُ كِلَابَنَا مُعَلَّمَاتٍ قَالَ كُلْ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ؟ قَالَ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ مَا لَمْ يَشْرَكْهَا كِلَابٌ غَيْرُهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّا نَرْمِي بِالمِعْرَاضِ قَالَ إِنْ خَزَقَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:5477Qabīṣah > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! We let loose our trained hounds after a game?" He said, "Eat what they hunt for you." I said, "Even if they killed (the game)?" He replied, 'Even if they killed (the game)." I said, 'We also hit (the game) with the Mi'rad?" He said, "Eat of the animal which the Mi'rad kills by piercing its body, but do not eat of the animal which is killed by the broad side of the Mi'rad.''  

البخاري:٥٤٧٧حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ؓ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نُرْسِلُ الْكِلاَبَ الْمُعَلَّمَةَ قَالَ كُلْ مَا أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ قَالَ وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ قُلْتُ وَإِنَّا نَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ قَالَ كُلْ مَا خَزَقَ وَمَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ  

nasai:4265Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Abū ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I release my trained dog and he catches (game)." He said: "If you release the trained dog and you say the name of Allah over him, and he catches (something), then eat." I said: "Even if he kills it?" He said: shoot with the Mirad." He said: "If it hits (the game) with its sharp point, then eat, but if it hits it with its broad side, then do not eat"  

النسائي:٤٢٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أُرْسِلُ الْكَلْبَ الْمُعَلَّمَ فَيَأْخُذُ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ الْكَلْبَ الْمُعَلَّمَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ فَكُلْ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ قَالَ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ قُلْتُ أَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ قَالَ إِذَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ  

nasai:4267Muḥammad b. Zunbūr Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Makkī > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I release my trained dogs and they catch (game) for me; can I eat It? He said: 'When you release your trained dogs and they catch (game) for you, then eat.' I said: 'Even if they kill it.' He said: 'So long as no other dogs have joined them." I said: 'I shoot with the Mirad. And they penetrate (the game).' He said 'If they penetrate it, then eat, but if the broad said strikes it, then do not eat.""  

النسائي:٤٢٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زُنْبُورٍ أَبُو صَالِحٍ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُرْسِلُ كِلاَبِي الْمُعَلَّمَةَ فَيُمْسِكْنَ عَلَىَّ فَآكُلُ قَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كِلاَبَكَ الْمُعَلَّمَةَ فَأَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكَ فَكُلْ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ قَالَ وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ قَالَ مَا لَمْ يَشْرَكْهُنَّ كَلْبٌ مِنْ سِوَاهُنَّ قُلْتُ أَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ فَيَخْزِقُ قَالَ إِنْ خَزَقَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ  

tirmidhi:1465aMaḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Qabīṣah > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We send our trained dogs to catch game for us.' He said: 'Eat what it catches for you.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, and if they kill it?' He said: 'Even if they kill it, as long as they are not accompanied by some other dogs besides them.'" He said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We hunt with the Mir'ad.' He said: 'Eat of the game what the Mir'ad pierces, but whatever is struck by its broad side, then do not eat it.'"  

الترمذي:١٤٦٥aحَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نُرْسِلُ كِلاَبًا لَنَا مُعَلَّمَةً قَالَ كُلْ مَا أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ قَالَ وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ مَا لَمْ يَشْرَكْهَا كَلْبٌ غَيْرُهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا نَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ قَالَ مَا خَزَقَ فَكُلْ وَمَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ  

ahmad:19372ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I release my trained dog and he catches (game)." He said: "If you release the trained dog and you say the name of Allah over him, and he catches (something), then eat." I said: "Even if he kills it?" He said: shoot with the Mirad." He said: "If it hits (the game) with its sharp point, then eat, but if it hits it with its broad side, then do not eat" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4265)  

أحمد:١٩٣٧٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أُرْسِلُ الْكَلْبَ الْمُعَلَّمَ فَيَأْخُذُ قَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ الْمُعَلَّمَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللهِ ﷻ فَأَخَذَ فَكُلْ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ؟ قَالَ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ قَالَ إِذَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ  

ahmad:19393Muʾammal > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, should I send my trained dog?" He said, "If you send your trained dog and mention the name of Allah, then it will be a means of holding you back, so you may eat from its lawful catch." I asked, "And what if it kills?" He said, "If it kills except for a dog similar to it, then it is permissible (to eat)." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, should I throw it from its hunting position?" He said, "As long as it does not tear the animal apart, then eat from it. But if it tears it apart, then do not eat it."  

أحمد:١٩٣٩٣حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي الْمُكَلَّبَ؟ قَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ الْمُكَلَّبَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللهِ فَأَمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ فَكُلْ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ؟ قَالَ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ مَا لَمْ يُشَارِكْهُ كَلْبٌ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ؟ قَالَ مَا خَزَقَ فَكُلْ وَمَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَقَتَلَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمَرْءِ أَكْلَ مَا حَبَسَ عَلَيْهِ كَلْبُهُ الْمُعَلِّمُ إِذَا ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:5881ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I said: Messenger of Allah, I set off trained dogs and they catch for me (the game) and I recite the name of Allah over it (I slaughter the game by reciting Bismillah-i-Allah-o-Akbar), whereupon he said: When you set off your trained dogs, if you recited the name of Allah (while setting them off), then eat (the game). I said: Even if they (the trained dogs) kill that (the game)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Even if these kill, but (on the condition) that no other dog, which you did not set off (along with your dogs), participates (in catching the game). I said to him: I throw Mi'rad, a heavy featherless blunt arrow, for hunting and killing (the game). Thereupon he said: When you throw Mi'rad, and it pierces, then eat, but if it falls flatly (and beats the game to death), then do not eat that. (Using translation from Muslim 1929a)  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٨١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ الْكِلَابَ الْمُعَلَّمَةَ فَيُمْسِكْنَ عَلَيَّ وَأَذْكُرُ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ «إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ الْمُعَلِّمَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَكُلْ» قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ؟ قَالَ «وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ مَا لَمْ يَشْرَكْهَا كَلْبٌ لَيْسَ مَعَهَا» قُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنِّي أَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ الصَّيْدَ فَأُصِيبُ قَالَ «إِذَا رَمَيْتَ بِالْمِعْرَاضِ فَخَزَقَ فَكُلْهُ وَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْهُ»  

tabarani:14331Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Qabīṣah b. ʿUqbah > Sufyān > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, we send dogs as guardians for us." He said, "They do not withhold what is upon you, so eat." I said, "And what if it kills?" He said, "If it kills, as long as it does not involve any other dog, then there is no problem."  

الطبراني:١٤٣٣١حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إنَّا نُرْسِلُ كِلَابًا لَنَا مُعَلَّمَةً فَقَالَ «مَا أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكَ فَكُلْ» قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ؟ قَالَ «وَإِنْ قَتَلَ مَا لَمْ يُشْرِكْنَ كَلْبًا مِنْ غَيْرِهِنَّ»  

tabarani:14332[Chain 1] Mūsá b. Hārūn And al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī [Chain 2] Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá al-Sājī > Muḥammad b. Zunbūr > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Manṣūr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I release my trained dogs and they catch (game) for me; can I eat It? He said: 'When you release your trained dogs and they catch (game) for you, then eat.' I said: 'Even if they kill it.' He said: 'So long as no other dogs have joined them." I said: 'I shoot with the Mirad. And they penetrate (the game).' He said 'If they penetrate it, then eat, but if the broad said strikes it, then do not eat."" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4267)  

الطبراني:١٤٣٣٢حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَا ثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى السَّاجِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زُنْبُورٍ قَالَا ثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُرْسِلُ كِلَابِي الْمُعَلَّمَةَ فَيُمْسِكْنَ عَلَيَّ أَفَآكُلُ؟ قَالَ «إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كِلَابَكَ الْمُعَلَّمَةَ فَأَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكَ فَكُلْ» قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ؟ قَالَ «وَإِنْ قَتَلْنَ مَا لَمْ يُشْرِكْهُمْ كَلْبٌ سِوَاهُمْ» قُلْتُ أَرْمِي بِالْمِعْرَاضِ فَيَخْزِقُ قَالَ إنْ خَزَقَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ  

tabarani:14335Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. ʿImrān b. Abū Laylá from my father > Ibn Abū Laylá > Fuḍayl b. ʿAmr > Ibrāhīm > Hammām b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] "He asked the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, 'O Messenger of Allah, should I send my dogs and name them, will they eat from what they catch for me?' He said, 'Yes.' I asked, 'Even if they kill?' He said, 'They should not eat if another dog comes and eats from it.' I asked, 'What if I throw a weapon at it and name it?' He said, 'If it is pierced, then eat it, but if it is only injured, do not eat it.'"  

الطبراني:١٤٣٣٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُرْسِلُ كِلَابِي وَأُسَمِّي أَفَآكُلُ مِمَّا أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ» قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلَتْ؟ قَالَ «وَإِنْ قَتَلَتْ إلَّا أَنْ يَدْخُلَهَا كَلْبٌ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا» قُلْتُ وَالْمِعْراضُ أَرْمِي بِهِ وَأُسَمِّي؟ قَالَ «إنْ خَزَقَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ أَصَابَهُ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ»