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tabarani:14288 – Muḥammad 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:١٤٢٨٨ – حَدَّثَنَا 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»  

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muslim:1929h – Muḥammad 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:١٩٢٩h – وَحَدَّثَنَا 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:4269 – ʿAmr 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:٤٢٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:4270 – Aḥmad 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:٤٢٧٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

nasai:4273 – ʿAmr 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:٤٢٧٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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  

ahmad:18255 – 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. (Using translation from Muslim 1929h)  

أحمد:١٨٢٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا 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  

nasai-kubra:4766 – ʿAmr 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:٤٧٦٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»