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ibnmajah:3214[Chain 1] ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh > Wakīʿ [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. al-Mundhir > Muḥammad b. Fuḍayl > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > ʿĀmir > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

“I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunting with Mi’rad. He said: ‘Whatever it struck with its sharp edge, then eat it, but what is struck with its side is something that has been killed by a violent blow.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٢١٤حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ بِالْمِعْرَاضِ قَالَ مَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَمَا أَصَبْتَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَهُوَ وَقِيذٌ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
nasai:4307al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad al-Dhāriʿ > Abū Miḥṣan > Ḥuṣayn > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting with the Mirad and the said: 'If the sharp edge hits (the game), then eat, but if the broad edge of it strikes it, do not eat it."'  

النسائي:٤٣٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الذَّارِعُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مِحْصَنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ  

nasai:4308ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus And Ghayruh > Zakariyyā > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting with Mirad and he said: 'If the sharp edge hits (the game), then eat, but if the broad edge of it strikes it, then it has been killed by a blow."'  

النسائي:٤٣٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ مَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَمَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَهُوَ وَقِيذٌ  

tirmidhi:1471aYūsuf b. ʿĪsá > Wakīʿ > Zakariyyā > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I asked the Prophet ﷺ about game killed by Mir'ad. So he said: 'What you kill by its sharp edge then eat it, and what you kill by its broad side then, it was killed by something blunt.'"  

الترمذي:١٤٧١aحَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَى حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ مَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَمَا أَصَبْتَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَهُوَ وَقِيذٌ  

ahmad:19371Hushaym > Mujālid And Zakariyyā Waghayruhumā > al-Shaʿbiyyiʿan ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

" I heard 'Adiyy bin Hatim say: 'I asked the Messenger of Allah about the Mirad and he said: "If the sharp point hits 9the game) then eat, bu8t if the broad edge of it hits it, and it is killed, then it has been killed by a blow, so do not eat." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4306)   

أحمد:١٩٣٧١حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا مُجَالِدٌ وَزَكَرِيَّا وَغَيْرُهُمَا عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّعَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ مَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَخَزَقَ فَكُلْ وَمَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَقَتَلَ فَإِنَّهُ وَقِيذٌ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ  

tabarani:14290Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Ādam > Shuʿbah > Mujālid > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunting with arrows. He said, "If you hit it with its cutting edge, then eat it. But if you hit it with its broadside, then do not eat it because it is carrion."  

الطبراني:١٤٢٩٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثَنَا آدَمُ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ؟ فَقَالَ «إِذَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَإِذَا أَصَبْتَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّهُ وَقِيذٌ»  

tabarani:14294Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Ādam > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

" I heard 'Adiyy bin Hatim say: 'I asked the Messenger of Allah about the Mirad and he said: "If the sharp point hits 9the game) then eat, bu8t if the broad edge of it hits it, and it is killed, then it has been killed by a blow, so do not eat." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4306)  

الطبراني:١٤٢٩٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ أَنَا آدَمُ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ؟ فَقَالَ «إِذَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَإِذَا أَصَبْتَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَقَتَلَ فَإِنَّهُ وَقِيذٌ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ»  

nasai-kubra:4800al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Abū Miḥṣan > Ḥaṣīn > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting with the Mirad and the said: 'If the sharp edge hits (the game), then eat, but if the broad edge of it strikes it, do not eat it."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4307)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٠٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مِحْصَنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَصِينٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ»  

nasai-kubra:4801ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus And Ghayruh > Zakariyyā > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

“I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunting with Mi’rad. He said: ‘Whatever it struck with its sharp edge, then eat it, but what is struck with its side is something that has been killed by a violent blow.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3214)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٨٠١أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ وَغَيْرُهُ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَمَا أَصَبْتَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَهُوَ وَقِيذٌ»  

bayhaqi:18949Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān al-ʿAdl> Ismāʿīl b. Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān > Yazīd b. Hārūn > ʿĀṣim And Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunting with pointed arrows. He said: "Whatever you hit with its sharp side, then eat it, and whatever you hit with its broad side, it is a wound."  

البيهقي:١٨٩٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ الْعَدْلُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أنبأ عَاصِمٌ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ مَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَمَا أَصَبْتَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَهُوَ وَقِيذٌ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ وَغَيْرِهِمَا