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[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, it was narrated that he passed by a group of people who had set up a target pigeon and were throwing arrows at it. He said, "Do not make the living creature a target."  

الطبراني:١١٧١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ الْقَنَّادُ ثنا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ قَدْ نَصَبُوا حَمَامَةً فَهُمْ يَرْمُونَهَا فَقَالَ «لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الرُّوحَ غَرَضًا»  

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ahmad:2705 – Aswad b. ʿĀmir And Khalaf b. al-Walīd > Isrāʾīl > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by a group of the Ansar who had set up a target and were shooting arrows at it. He said, "Do not take anything that has life as a target."  

أحمد:٢٧٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ وَخَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَهْطٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَقَدْ نَصَبُوا حَمَامَةً يَرْمُونَهَا فَقَالَ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا