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[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:١٤٣٤٥a – حَدَّثَنَا 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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nasai:4302 – Muḥammad 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:٤٣٠٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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:4795 – Muḥammad 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:٤٧٩٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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»