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ibnmajah:3201[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Muṭarrif > ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal

“What do they use dogs for?” Then he permitted them to keep farming dogs and dogs of ‘Ein. Bundar said: “The ‘Ein refers to the walls of Al-Madinah.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٠١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفًا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا لَهُمْ وَلِلْكِلاَبِ ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لَهُمْ فِي كَلْبِ الزَّرْعِ وَكَلْبِ الْعِينِ قَالَ بُنْدَارٌ الْعِينُ حِيطَانُ الْمَدِينَةِ  


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muslim:1573aʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Muṭarrif b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn al-Mughaffal

Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered the killing of dogs and then said: what is the trouble with them (the people of Medina)? How dogs are nuisance to them (the citizens of Medina)? He then permitted keehing of dogs for hunting and (the protection of) herds.  

مسلم:١٥٧٣aحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ سَمِعَ مُطَرِّفَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُغَفَّلِ قَالَ

أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا بَالُهُمْ وَبَالُ الْكِلاَبِ ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ فِي كَلْبِ الصَّيْدِ وَكَلْبِ الْغَنَمِ  

ibnmajah:3200Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Shabābah > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Muṭarrif > ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal

“What do they use dogs for?” Then he permitted them to keep hunting dogs.  

ابن ماجة:٣٢٠٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا لَهُمْ وَلِلْكِلاَبِ ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لَهُمْ فِي كَلْبِ الصَّيْدِ  

darimi:2049And Hb b. Jarīr > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Muṭarrif > ʿAbdullāh b. Mughaffal

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ ordered the killing of dogs, then he said, "What is the matter with me and the dogs?" Then he permitted the keeping of farm dogs and hunting dogs.  

الدارمي:٢٠٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «مَالِي وَلِلْكِلَابِ؟» ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ فِي كَلْبِ الزَّرْعِ وَكَلْبِ الصَّيْدِ