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tabarani:14345a[Chain 1] Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Dimashqī > Ādam b. Abū Iyās > Shuʿbah [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > ʿAlī b. al-Jaʿd > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

[Machine] I asked, O Messenger of Allah, I throw my hunting arrow and then I search for it and cannot find it except after a night. He said, "If you see your arrow and no predator has eaten from it, then eat."  

الطبراني:١٤٣٤٥aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثَنَا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَأَطْلُبُهُ فَلَا أَجِدُهُ إلَّا بَعْدَ لَيْلَةٍ قَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فِيهِ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ سَبُعٌ فَكُلْ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:4302Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"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."  

النسائي:٤٣٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَأَطْلُبُ أَثَرَهُ بَعْدَ لَيْلَةٍ قَالَ إِذَا وَجَدْتَ فِيهِ سَهْمَكَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ سَبُعٌ فَكُلْ  

nasai-kubra:4795Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Maysarah > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"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)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَأَطْلُبُ أَثَرَهُ بَعْدَ لَيْلَةٍ قَالَ «إِذَا وَجَدْتَ فِيهِ سَهْمَكَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ سَبْعٌ فَكُلْ»