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tirmidhi:1469 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunting, so he said: 'Mention Allah's Name when you shoot your arrow. Then, if you find it dead, eat from it, unless you found that it has fallen in (some body of) water. Then do not eat it, for you do not know if the water killed it, or your arrow.'"  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:١٤٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنِي عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ فَقَالَ إِذَا رَمَيْتَ بِسَهْمِكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ فَكُلْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَجِدَهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي مَاءٍ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي الْمَاءُ قَتَلَهُ أَوْ سَهْمُكَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

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muslim:1929k – Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunting. He said: When you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, and if you find it (the arrow) killed (that). then eat, except when you find it fallen into water, for in that case you do not know whether it is water that caused its death or your arrow.  

مسلم:١٩٢٩k – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ قَالَ إِذَا رَمَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ فَكُلْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَجِدَهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي مَاءٍ فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَدْرِي الْمَاءُ قَتَلَهُ أَوْ سَهْمُكَ  

nasai:4298 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting and he said: 'When you shoot your arrow, mention the name of Allah, and if you find that it (the game) has been killed, the eat it, unless you find that it fell into some water, and you do not know whether the water killed it or your arrow."'  

النسائي:٤٢٩٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ فَقَالَ إِذَا رَمَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ ﷻ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ قُتِلَ فَكُلْ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَجِدَهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي مَاءٍ وَلاَ تَدْرِي الْمَاءُ قَتَلَهُ أَوْ سَهْمُكَ  

nasai:4299 – ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥārith > Aḥmad b. Abū Shuʿayb > Mūsá b. Aʿyan > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān > ʿĀmir al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"When you release your arrow or your dog, mention the name of Allah, and when your arrow kills (the game), then eat." He said: "What if it gets away from me for a night, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "If you find your arrow and you do not find the mark of anything else, then eat it. But if it falls into the water, do not eat it."  

النسائي:٤٢٩٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ سَهْمَكَ وَكَلْبَكَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَقَتَلَ سَهْمُكَ فَكُلْ قَالَ فَإِنْ بَاتَ عَنِّي لَيْلَةً يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنْ وَجَدْتَ سَهْمَكَ وَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ أَثَرَ شَىْءٍ غَيْرَهُ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَقَعَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ  

nasai-kubra:4791 – Aḥmad b. Manīʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunting. He said: When you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, and if you find it (the arrow) killed (that). then eat, except when you find it fallen into water, for in that case you do not know whether it is water that caused its death or your arrow. (Using translation from Muslim 1929k)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٩١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا رَمَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَتَلَ فَكُلْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَجِدَهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي مَاءٍ فَلَا تَدْرِي الْمَاءُ قَتَلَهُ أَوْ سَهْمُكَ»  

nasai-kubra:4792 – ʿAmr b. Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥārith > Aḥmad b. Abū Shuʿayb > Mūsá b. Aʿyan > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

"When you release your arrow or your dog, mention the name of Allah, and when your arrow kills (the game), then eat." He said: "What if it gets away from me for a night, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "If you find your arrow and you do not find the mark of anything else, then eat it. But if it falls into the water, do not eat it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4299)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ

أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ فَقَالَ «إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ سَهْمَكَ وَكَلْبَكَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللهِ فَقَتَلَ سَهْمُكَ فَكُلْ» قَالَ فَإِنْ بَاتَ عَنِّي لَيْلَةً يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ «إِنْ وَجَدْتَ سَهْمَكَ وَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ أَثَرَ شَيْءٍ غَيْرَهُ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَقَعَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ»  

bayhaqi:18941 – Abū Bakr b. al-Ḥārith al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Muḥammad b. Ḥayyān > Ḥāmid b. Shuʿayb > Shurayḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > ʿĀṣim > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunting. He said: When you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, and if you find it (the arrow) killed (that). then eat, except when you find it fallen into water, for in that case you do not know whether it is water that caused its death or your arrow. (Using translation from Muslim 1929k)   

البيهقي:١٨٩٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ حَيَّانَ ثنا حَامِدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ ثنا شُرَيْحٌ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّيْدِ قَالَ إِذَا رَمَيْتَ سَهْمَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللهِ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ فَكُلْ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَمَاتَ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي الْمَاءُ قَتَلَهُ أَوْ سَهْمُكَ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ