17. Hunting
١٧۔ كِتَابُ الصَّيْدِ
"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)
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»
"If you see your arrow in it. And you do not see any other mark, and you know that (Your arrow) killed it, then eat it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4301)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فِيهِ لَمْ تَرَ فِيهِ أَثَرَ غَيْرِهِ وَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ فَكُلْ»
"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I shoot game and I follow its tracks after of night. He said: 'If you find your arrow in it, and no predator has eaten from it, then eat it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4302)
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَأَطْلُبُ أَثَرَهُ بَعْدَ لَيْلَةٍ قَالَ «إِذَا وَجَدْتَ فِيهِ سَهْمَكَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ سَبْعٌ فَكُلْ»