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nasai:4273ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Ibn Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > al-Ḥakam > al-Shaʿbī > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah: 'I release my dog, and I find another dog with mine, and I do not know which mine, and I do not know which of them caught (the game).' He said: 'do not eat it, for you said the name of Allah over your dog, but not over any other.""  

النسائي:٤٢٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ وَعَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كَلْبًا آخَرَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَيَّهُمَا أَخَذَ قَالَ لاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:175Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Ibn Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I asked the Prophet (about the hunting dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's name) your tamed dog after a game and it hunts it, you may eat it, but if the dog eats of (that game) then do not eat it because the dog has hunted it for itself." I further said, "Sometimes I send my dog for hunting and find another dog with it. He said, "Do not eat the game for you have mentioned Allah's name only on sending your dog and not the other dog."  

البخاري:١٧٥حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ الْمُعَلَّمَ فَقَتَلَ فَكُلْ وَإِذَا أَكَلَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَهُ كَلْبًا آخَرَ قَالَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى كَلْبٍ آخَرَ  

bukhari:2054Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about Al Mirad (i.e. a sharp-edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a piece of iron used for hunting). He replied, "If the game is hit by its sharp edge, eat it, and if it is hit by its broad side, do not eat it, for it has been beaten to death." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I release my dog by the name of Allah and find with it at the game, another dog on which I have not mentioned the name of Allah, and I do not know which one of them caught the game." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said (to him), 'Don't eat it as you have mentioned the name of Allah on your dog and not on the other dog."  

البخاري:٢٠٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّهُ وَقِيذٌ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي وَأُسَمِّي فَأَجِدُ مَعَهُ عَلَى الصَّيْدِ كَلْبًا آخَرَ لَمْ أُسَمِّ عَلَيْهِ وَلاَ أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَ قَالَ لاَ تَأْكُلْ إِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى الآخَرِ  

muslim:1929hMuḥammad b. al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > al-Shaʿbī

I heard Adi b. Hatim say-and he was our neighbour, and our partner and co worker at Nahrain-that he asked Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying: I let off my dog and find another dog along with my dog and that (any one of them) catches the (game), but I do not know which one had caught it, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Then don't eat that, for you recited the name of Allah while letting off your dog and did not recite on the other.  

مسلم:١٩٢٩hوَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّعْبِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ وَكَانَ لَنَا جَارًا وَدَخِيلاً وَرَبِيطًا بِالنَّهْرَيْنِ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كَلْبًا قَدْ أَخَذَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَ قَالَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ  

nasai:4269ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Zakariyyā / Ibn Abū Zāʾidah > ʿĀmir > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about dogs and he said: 'If you release your dog and say the name of Allah, then eat, but if you find another dog with your dog then do not eat, for you only said the name of Allah over your dog, not any other.""  

النسائي:٤٢٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرٌ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَلْبِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَسَمَّيْتَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ كَلْبًا آخَرَ مَعَ كَلْبِكَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ  

nasai:4270Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥakam > Muḥammad / Ibn Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > al-Shaʿbī

'I releaser my dog and I find another dog with my dog, and I do not know which of them caught (the game).' He said: 'Do not eat, for your only said the name of Allah over your dog, and not over any other dog.""  

النسائي:٤٢٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّعْبِيُّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ وَكَانَ لَنَا جَارًا وَدَخِيلاً وَرَبِيطًا بِالنَّهْرَيْنِ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كَلْبًا قَدْ أَخَذَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَيَّهُمَا أَخَذَ قَالَ لاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ  

ahmad:18255Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > al-Shaʿbī

I heard Adi b. Hatim say-and he was our neighbour, and our partner and co worker at Nahrain-that he asked Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying: I let off my dog and find another dog along with my dog and that (any one of them) catches the (game), but I do not know which one had caught it, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Then don't eat that, for you recited the name of Allah while letting off your dog and did not recite on the other. (Using translation from Muslim 1929h)  

أحمد:١٨٢٥٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّعْبِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ وَكَانَ لَنَا جَارًا أَوْ دَخِيلًا وَرَبِيطًا بِالنَّهْرَيْنِ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كَلْبًا قَدْ أَخَذَ لَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَ؟ قَالَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ  

tabarani:14271Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr > Ādam > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I let loose my hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending it." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you let loose your hound after a game and you mention Allah's Name on sending it and the hound catches and kills the game and eats of it, then you should not eat of it, for it has killed it for itself." I said, "Sometimes when I send my hound after a game, I find another hound along with it and I do not know which of them has caught the game." He said, "You must not eat of it because you have not mentioned, the Name of Allah except on sending your own hound, and you did not mention it on the other hound." Then I asked him about the game hunted with a Mi'rad (i.e. a sharp edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting). He said, "If the game is killed with its sharp edge, you can eat of it, but if it is killed by its broad side (shaft), you cannot eat of it, for then it is like an animal beaten to death with a piece of wood." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5486)  

الطبراني:١٤٢٧١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثَنَا آدَمُ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي وأُسَمِّي وَأَجِدُ مَعَهُ كَلْبًا آخَرَ لَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَهُ فَقَالَ «لَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ»  

tabarani:14272Abū Yūsuf al-Qāḍī And ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Zakariyyā b. Abū Zāʾidah > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] "He said to the Prophet ﷺ , 'I send my dog and I find with him another dog, I don't know which of them killed it?' He said, 'Do not eat, for you have only named your dog and not named the other.'"  

الطبراني:١٤٢٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يُوسُفَ الْقَاضِي وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ قَالَا ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَهُ كَلْبًا آخَرَ لَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا قَتَلَهُ؟ قَالَ «لَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ»  

tabarani:14280ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah: 'I release my dog, and I find another dog with mine, and I do not know which mine, and I do not know which of them caught (the game).' He said: 'do not eat it, for you said the name of Allah over your dog, but not over any other."" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4273)  

الطبراني:١٤٢٨٠حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي وَآخُذُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كَلْبًا آخَرَ لَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَ؟ قَالَ «لَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا قَدْ سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ»  

tabarani:14281Abū Zurʿah al-Dimashqī > Ādam > Shuʿbah > Mujālid > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah: 'I release my dog, and I find another dog with mine, and I do not know which mine, and I do not know which of them caught (the game).' He said: 'do not eat it, for you said the name of Allah over your dog, but not over any other."" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4273)  

الطبراني:١٤٢٨١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثَنَا آدَمُ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ؟ فَقُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي وأُسَمِّي فَأَجِدُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كَلْبًا آخَرَ وَلَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَهُ؟ قَالَ «لَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ»  

tabarani:14288Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Akhram al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Ḥafṣ ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Ibn Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] We asked the Prophet ﷺ, and I said, "Shall I send my dog and take another dog with me so that I don't know which one took the game?" He said, "Do not do that, for you mentioned the name of your dog and did not mention the name of the other one."  

الطبراني:١٤٢٨٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَخْرَمُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَآخُذُ مَعِي كَلْبًا آخَرَ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَهُ؟ قَالَ «لَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:4762ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá > Zakariyyā > ʿĀmir > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about dogs and he said: 'If you release your dog and say the name of Allah, then eat, but if you find another dog with your dog then do not eat, for you only said the name of Allah over your dog, not any other."" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4269)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرٌ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْكَلْبِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَسَمَّيْتَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ كَلْبًا آخَرَ مَعَ كَلْبِكَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:4766ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Ibn Abū al-Safar > al-Shaʿbī > al-Ḥakam > al-Shaʿbī > Saʿīd b. Masrūq > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah: 'I release my dog, and I find another dog with mine, and I do not know which mine, and I do not know which of them caught (the game).' He said: 'do not eat it, for you said the name of Allah over your dog, but not over any other."" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4273)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٦٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ وَعَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ وَعَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كِلَابًا أُخَرَ لَا أَدْرِي أَيُّهُا أَخَذَهُ قَالَ «لَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ»