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tabarani:14285Abū Ḥuṣayn al-Qāḍī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAlī b. Mushir > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] To the messenger of Allah, when you send your dog, remember the name of Allah. If it catches prey for you and you find it alive, then slaughter it. But if you find it dead, already killed by something else, then you may eat it. And if you find other dogs with it, do not eat, for you do not know which one killed it. And if you throw your arrows and remember the name of Allah upon them, and it catches prey for you and you find it alive, then you may eat it. But if it catches prey and disappears from your sight for a day, and you find only the trace of your arrow, then you may eat it if you wish. But if you find it drowning in water, then do not eat it.  

الطبراني:١٤٢٨٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حُصَيْنٍ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ أمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ فَأَدْرَكْتَهُ حَيًّا فَاذْبَحْهُ وَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ مَعَهُ كِلَابًا غَيْرَهُ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي أَيُّهَا قَتَلَهُ وَإِنْ رَمَيْتَ بِسَهْمِكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ أمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ غَابَ عَنْكَ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَثَرَ سَهْمِكَ فَكُلْ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ غَرِيقًا فِي مَاءٍ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5484Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Thābit b. Yazīd > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending it, and the hound catches the game and kills it, then you can eat of it. But if the hound eats of it, then you should not eat thereof, for the hound has caught it for itself. And if along with your hound, joined other hounds, and Allah's Name was not mentioned at the time of their sending, and they catch an animal and kill it, you should not eat of it, for you will not know which of them has killed it. And if you have thrown an arrow at the game and then find it (dead) two or three days later and, it bears no mark other than the wound inflicted by your arrow, then you can eat of it. But if the game is found (dead) in water, then do not eat of it."  

البخاري:٥٤٨٤حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ وَسَمَّيْتَ فَأَمْسَكَ وَقَتَلَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ أَكَلَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَإِذَا خَالَطَ كِلاَبًا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا فَأَمْسَكْنَ وَقَتَلْنَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي أَيُّهَا قَتَلَ وَإِنْ رَمَيْتَ الصَّيْدَ فَوَجَدْتَهُ بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ لَيْسَ بِهِ إِلاَّ أَثَرُ سَهْمِكَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَقَعَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ  

muslim:1929jal-Walīd b. Shujāʿ al-Sakūnī > ʿAlī b. Mushir > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) said to me: When you let off your dog, recite the name of Allah, and if it catches (game for you) and you find it alive, then slaughter it; if you find it killed and that (your dog) has eaten nothing out of that, (even then) you may eat it; but if you find along with your dog another dog, and (the game an) dead, then don't eat, for you do not know which of the two has killed it. And if you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, but if it (game) goes out of your sight for a day and you do not find on that but the mark of your arrow, then eat that it you so like, but if you find it drowned in water, then don't eat that.  

مسلم:١٩٢٩jحَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ السَّكُونِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ أَمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ فَأَدْرَكْتَهُ حَيًّا فَاذْبَحْهُ وَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ فَكُلْهُ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ مَعَ كَلْبِكَ كَلْبًا غَيْرَهُ وَقَدْ قَتَلَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا قَتَلَهُ وَإِنْ رَمَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ غَابَ عَنْكَ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ إِلاَّ أَثَرَ سَهْمِكَ فَكُلْ إِنْ شِئْتَ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ غَرِيقًا فِي الْمَاءِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ  

nasai:4263al-Imām Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Nasāʾī Bimiṣr > Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

he asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting. He said: "When you release your dog, mention the name of Allah over him, and if you catch up with him and he has not killed (the game), then slaughter it and mention the name of Allah over it. If you catch up with him and he has killed (the game) but has not eaten any of it, then eat, for he caught it for you. If you find that the has eaten some of it, then do not eat any of it for he caught it for himself. If there are other dogs with your dog and they have killed (the game) but have not eaten any of it, then do not eat any of it, because you do not know which of them killed it."  

النسائي:٤٢٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا الإِمَامُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ النَّسَائِيُّ بِمِصْرَ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ فَاذْبَحْ وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ فَكُلْ فَقَدْ أَمْسَكَهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ أَكَلَ مِنْهُ فَلاَ تَطْعَمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَإِنْ خَالَطَ كَلْبُكَ كِلاَبًا فَقَتَلْنَ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْنَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي أَيُّهَا قَتَلَ  

bayhaqi:18887Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > al-Ḥasan > Ibn Sufyān > Ḥabbān b. Mūsá > ʿAbdullāh > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim ؓ

he asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting. He said: "When you release your dog, mention the name of Allah over him, and if you catch up with him and he has not killed (the game), then slaughter it and mention the name of Allah over it. If you catch up with him and he has killed (the game) but has not eaten any of it, then eat, for he caught it for you. If you find that the has eaten some of it, then do not eat any of it for he caught it for himself. If there are other dogs with your dog and they have killed (the game) but have not eaten any of it, then do not eat any of it, because you do not know which of them killed it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4263)   

البيهقي:١٨٨٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ هُوَ ابْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا حَبَّانُ بْنُ مُوسَى أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ أنبأ عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ؓ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ قَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ فَاذْبَحْ وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ وَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ فَقَدْ أَمْسَكَهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ أَكَلَ مِنْهُ فَلَا تَطْعَمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ خَالَطَ كَلْبَكَ كِلَابٌ فَقَتَلْنَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْنَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي أَيُّهَا قَتَلَ وَإِذَا رَمَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ
bayhaqi:18904Abū ʿAmr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > Ḥamdān b. ʿAmr al-Mawṣilī > Ghassān > Ibn al-Rabīʿ al-Mawṣilī > Thābit > Ibn Yazīd > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim ؓ

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending it, and the hound catches the game and kills it, then you can eat of it. But if the hound eats of it, then you should not eat thereof, for the hound has caught it for itself. And if along with your hound, joined other hounds, and Allah's Name was not mentioned at the time of their sending, and they catch an animal and kill it, you should not eat of it, for you will not know which of them has killed it. And if you have thrown an arrow at the game and then find it (dead) two or three days later and, it bears no mark other than the wound inflicted by your arrow, then you can eat of it. But if the game is found (dead) in water, then do not eat of it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5484)   

البيهقي:١٨٩٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي حَمْدَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْمَوْصِلِيُّ ثنا غَسَّانُ هُوَ ابْنُ الرَّبِيعِ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ ثنا ثَابِتٌ هُوَ ابْنُ يَزِيدَ ثنا عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَسَمَّيْتَ فَأَمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ فَقَتَلَ فَكُلْ فَإِنْ أَكَلَ مِنْهُ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَإِذَا خَالَطَ كِلَابًا لَمْ تَذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ عَلَيْهَا فَأَمْسَكْنَ وَقَتَلْنَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي أَيُّهَا قَتَلَ وَإِنْ رَمَيْتَ الصَّيْدَ فَوَجَدْتَهُ بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ لَيْسَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَثَرُ سَهْمِكَ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَقَعَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ
bayhaqi:18917Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr / al-a neighborūdī > Abū Hammām al-Walīd b. Shujāʿ > ʿAlī b. Mushir > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) said to me: When you let off your dog, recite the name of Allah, and if it catches (game for you) and you find it alive, then slaughter it; if you find it killed and that (your dog) has eaten nothing out of that, (even then) you may eat it; but if you find along with your dog another dog, and (the game an) dead, then don't eat, for you do not know which of the two has killed it. And if you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, but if it (game) goes out of your sight for a day and you do not find on that but the mark of your arrow, then eat that it you so like, but if you find it drowned in water, then don't eat that. (Using translation from Muslim 1929j)   

البيهقي:١٨٩١٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ يَعْنِي الْجَارُودِيَّ ثنا أَبُو هَمَّامٍ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ أَمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ فَأَدْرَكْتَهُ حَيًّا فَاذْبَحْهُ وَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ قَدْ قُتِلَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ فَكُلْهُ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ مَعَ كَلْبِكَ كَلْبًا غَيْرَهُ وَقَدْ قُتِلَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا قَتَلَهُ وَإِنْ رَمَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ وَإِنْ غَابَ عَنْكَ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَثَرَ سَهْمِكَ فَكُلْ إِنْ شِئْتَ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ غَرِيقًا فِي الْمَاءِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ شُجَاعٍ
suyuti:1186a

I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ. "We hunt with the help of these hounds." He said, "If you let loose your trained hounds after a game, and mention the name of Allah, then you can eat what the hounds catch for you, even if they killed the game. But you should not eat of it if the hound has eaten of it, for then it is likely that the hound has caught the game for itself. And if other hounds join your hound in hunting the game, then do not eat of it." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5483)   

السيوطي:١١٨٦a

" إذا أرسلت كلابك المعلمةَ وذكرت اسم الله فكل مما أمسكن عليك وإن قَتلن، إلا أن يأكلَ الكلبُ -فإني أخافُ أن يكون إنما أمسكه على نفسه، وإن خالطها كلابٌ من غيرها فلا تأكل؛ فإنك لا تدرى أيُّها قتل- وإن رميت الصيد فوجدتَه بعد يومٍ أو يومين ليس به إلا أثرُ سهمك فكُل، وإن وقع في الماءِ فلا تأكلْ".  

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suyuti:1187a

Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) said to me: When you let off your dog, recite the name of Allah, and if it catches (game for you) and you find it alive, then slaughter it; if you find it killed and that (your dog) has eaten nothing out of that, (even then) you may eat it; but if you find along with your dog another dog, and (the game an) dead, then don't eat, for you do not know which of the two has killed it. And if you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, but if it (game) goes out of your sight for a day and you do not find on that but the mark of your arrow, then eat that it you so like, but if you find it drowned in water, then don't eat that. (Using translation from Muslim 1929j)   

السيوطي:١١٨٧a

" إذا أرْسلتَ كلبكَ فاذكرْ اسم الله، فإن أمسك عليك فأدركتَه حيا فاذبَحهْ -فإنْ أدركتَه قد قَتَل ولم يأكلْ منه فكله- وإنْ وجدتَ مع كلبك كلبًا غيرهَ قد قَتَل فلا تأكلْ، فإنّك لا تدرى أيهُما قَتَله؟ وإنْ رميت بسهمك فاذكرْ اسم الله، فإن غابَ عنك يومًا فلم تجدْ فيه إلا أثرَ سهمك فكل إن شئتَ، وإن وجدته غريقًا في الماءِ فلا تأكلْ فإنك لا تدرى: الماءُ قتله أو سهمك؟  

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