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ahmad:19369Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , I said, "Our land is a hunting ground, so one of us throws his game and it disappears from him for a night or two, then he finds it with his arrow in it?" He said, "If you find your arrow and do not find any other trace in it, and you know that your arrow killed it, then eat it."  

أحمد:١٩٣٦٩حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ أَرْضَنَا أَرْضُ صَيْدٍ فَيَرْمِي أَحَدُنَا الصَّيْدَ فَيَغِيبُ عَنْهُ لَيْلَةً أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِ فَيَجِدُهُ وَفِيهِ سَهْمُهُ؟ قَالَ إِذَا وَجَدْتَ سَهْمَكَ وَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ أَثَرَ غَيْرِهِ وَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّ سَهْمَكَ قَتَلَهُ فَكُلْهُ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:4300Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we are a people who hunt, and one of us may shoot his arrow but (the game) gets way from him for a night or two. What if he follows its tracks, and finds it dead with his arrow in it?" He said: "If you find the arrow in it, and you do not find any sign of predators, and you know that your arrow killed it, then eat it." (Sahih)  

النسائي:٤٣٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا أَهْلُ الصَّيْدِ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَنَا يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَيَغِيبُ عَنْهُ اللَّيْلَةَ وَاللَّيْلَتَيْنِ فَيَبْتَغِي الأَثَرَ فَيَجِدُهُ مَيِّتًا وَسَهْمُهُ فِيهِ قَالَ إِذَا وَجَدْتَ السَّهْمَ فِيهِ وَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ أَثَرَ سَبُعٍ وَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّ سَهْمَكَ قَتَلَهُ فَكُلْ  

nasai-kubra:4793Ziyād b. Ayyūb > Hushaym > Abū Bishr > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we are a people who hunt, and one of us may shoot his arrow but (the game) gets way from him for a night or two. What if he follows its tracks, and finds it dead with his arrow in it?" He said: "If you find the arrow in it, and you do not find any sign of predators, and you know that your arrow killed it, then eat it." (Sahih) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4300)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٩٣أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا أَهْلُ صَيْدٍ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَنَا يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَيَغِيبُ عَنْهُ اللَّيْلَةَ وَاللَّيْلَتَيْنِ فَيَتْبَعِ الْأَثَرَ فَيَجِدَهُ مَيِّتًا وَسَهْمُهُ فِيهِ قَالَ «إِذَا وَجَدْتَ السَّهْمَ فِيهِ وَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ أَثَرَ سَبُعٍ وَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّ سَهْمَكَ قَتَلَهُ فَكُلْهُ»