Book 28: Atonement for Hunting during the State of Ihram
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 1821
Mu'adh bin Fadalah related to us that Hisham told us. He narrated from Yahya (bin Abi Kathir), and Yahya from Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah. He said: In the year of Hudaibiyah my father set out. His companions entered the state of consecration (Ihram), but he did not. The Prophet (saw) was told that an enemy would attack him, and the Prophet (saw) set off. (Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra) says:) While I was with his Companions, and they were joking with one another, I saw that there was a wild ass. I attacked it, wounded it with a spear and brought it to a halt in its place. I asked them for help, but they refused to help me. Then we ate of its meat, and we feared that we might be cut off (from the Messenger of Allah (saw)). So I went looking for the Prophet (saw), driving my horse fast for some distance and at an ordinary pace for some distance. At midnight I met a man of Ghifar and asked: “Where did you leave the Prophet (saw)?” He said: “I left him at Ta'hun, and he will take his midday rest at As-Suqya.” Then I said: “O Messenger of Allah (saw), your Companions send you greetings of peace and prayers for the mercy of Allah, the Exalted. They were afraid that they might be cut off from you, so wait for them.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah (saw), I hunted a wild ass, and I have some leftover meat.” He said to the people: “Eat,” while they were in the state of Ihram.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1822
Sa'id bin Rabi' related to us that Ali bin Mubarak told us. He narrated from Yahya, and Yahya from Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah, that his father related to him; he said: We set out with the Prophet (saw) in the year of Hudaibiyah. His Companions entered the state of consecration (Ihram), and I did not enter the Ihram. Then we were informed that there was an enemy at Ghaiqah, so we went towards them. My companions saw a wild ass and began laughing as they looked at one another. When I looked, I saw it. I mounted my horse and attacked it. I struck it with a spear and brought it to a halt right there. Then I asked them for help, but they refused to help me. Then we ate it, and after that I went to catch up with the Messenger of Allah (saw), and we feared that we might be cut off (from him). I drove my horse fast for some distance and at an ordinary pace for some distance, until at midnight I met a man of the Banu Ghifar and said to him: “Where did you leave the Messenger of Allah (saw)?” He said: “I left him at Ta'hun, and he will take his midday rest at As-Suqya.” I went on to catch up with the Messenger of Allah (saw) until I came to him. I said: “O Messenger of Allah (saw), your Companions have sent a message. They send you greetings of peace and prayers for the mercy of Allah, the Exalted, and His blessings, and they fear that the enemy may cut them off from you. Wait for them.” He did so. And I said: “O Messenger of Allah (saw), we hunted a wild ass, and we have some leftover meat.” The Messenger of Allah (saw) said to his Companions: “Eat,” although they were in the state of Ihram.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1823
Abdullah bin Muhammad related to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. Salih bin Kaisan related to us. It is narrated from Nafi' Abu Muhammad, the freed slave of Abu Qatadah, that he heard Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra). He said: We were with the Prophet (saw) at the place Al-Qahah, three stages from Medina. And Ali bin Abdullah also related to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. Salih bin Kaisan related to us. He narrated from Abu Muhammad, and Abu Muhammad from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra), that he said: We were with the Prophet (saw) at the place Al-Qahah, and some of us were in the state of consecration (Muhrim) and some were not. I saw my companions showing one another something. When I raised my eyes, I saw that there was a wild ass. … His whip fell, and the companions said: “We will not help you against this wild ass with anything, for we are in the state of Ihram.” (Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra) said:) I stretched out my hand and took it myself. Then I came upon the wild ass from behind a mound, wounded it and brought it to my companions. Some of them said: “Eat.” Some said: “Do not eat.” I came to the Prophet (saw), and he was ahead of us. I asked him, and he said: “Eat it, it is lawful.” Amr (bin Dinar) said to us: “Go to Salih and ask him about this and other matters,” and in those days he used to come and go among us.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1824
Musa bin Isma'il related to us that Abu Awanah told us. Uthman, who is the son of Mauhab, related to us; he said: Abdullah bin Abi Qatadah informed me that his father told him that the Messenger of Allah (saw) set out with the intention of Hajj. The people also set out with him, and he sent some of them in one direction, among whom was Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra), and said: “Take the road along the seashore, until we meet up with one another.” So they took the seashore. When they turned back, all of them entered the state of consecration (Ihram), but Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra) did not. While they were travelling, they saw several wild asses, and Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra) attacked those wild asses and wounded a female among them. They dismounted and ate of its meat, and they began to say: “Shall we eat the meat of game while we are in the state of Ihram (Muhrim)?” We took up the meat that was left of it. When they came to the Messenger of Allah (saw), they said: “O Messenger of Allah (saw), we had entered the Ihram and Abu Qatadah (ra) had not. Then we saw several wild asses. Abu Qatadah (ra) attacked them and killed a female among them, and we dismounted and ate of its meat. Then we began to say: ‘Shall we eat the meat of game while we are in the state of Ihram?’ We have brought the leftover meat with us.” He said: “Did any of you tell him to attack it, or point towards it?” They said: “No.” He said: “Then eat the meat that is left of it.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1825
Abdullah bin Yusuf related to us that Malik informed us. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab from Ubaidullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah bin Mas'ud, Ubaidullah from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas, and he from Hazrat Sa'b bin Jaththamah al-Laithi (ra), that he sent a wild ass as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (saw) while he was at Al-Abwa or at Waddan, and he returned it to him. When he saw displeasure on his face, he (saw) said: “We have not returned it to you except because we are in the state of consecration (Muhrim).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1826
Abdullah bin Yusuf related to us that Malik informed us. He narrated from Nafi', and Nafi' from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “There are five animals in the killing of which there is no sin on a person in the state of consecration (Muhrim).” And (Imam Malik) also narrated from Abdullah bin Dinar: It is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said … (that is, he said the same thing).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1827
Musaddad related to us that Abu Awanah told us that it is narrated from Zaid bin Jubair. He said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) say: One of the wives of the Prophet (saw) told me, narrating from the Prophet (saw), that a person in the state of consecration (Muhrim) may kill (certain creatures).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1828
Asbagh related to us; he said: Abdullah bin Wahb informed me. He narrated from Yunus, Yunus from Ibn Shihab, and Ibn Shihab from Salim, that he said: Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) used to say: Hazrat Hafsah (ra) said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “There are five creatures; whoever kills them, there is no harm on him: the crow, the kite, the mouse, the scorpion and the biting dog.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1829
Yahya bin Sulaiman related to us; he said: Ibn Wahb told me; he said: Yunus informed me. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab from Urwah, and Urwah from Hazrat Aishah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Five creatures are harmful. Kill them even in the sacred precinct (Haram): the crow, the kite, the scorpion, the mouse and the biting dog.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1830
Umar bin Hafs bin Ghiyath related to us that my father told us that Al-A'mash related to us; he said: Ibrahim (an-Nakha'i) told me. He narrated from Aswad, and Aswad from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (ra). He said: While we were with the Prophet (saw) in a cave at Mina, (the Surah) Wal-Mursalat was revealed to him. He was reciting it and I was listening and memorising it, and his face was fresh with this Surah. Suddenly a snake sprang at us. The Prophet (saw) said: “Kill it.” We rushed at it quickly, but it went away. Then the Prophet (saw) said: “Let it be. It has been saved from your harm, as you have been saved from its harm.” Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)) said: By mentioning this hadith we mean that Mina is part of the sacred precinct (Haram), and they saw no harm in killing a snake.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1831
Isma'il (bin Abi Uwais) related to us; he said: Malik told me. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, Ibn Shihab from Urwah bin Zubair, and Urwah from Hazrat Aishah (ra), the wife of the Prophet (saw), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) called the gecko too a harmful creature, and I did not hear him command that it be killed.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1832
Qutaibah (bin Sa'id) related to us that Laith (bin Sa'd) told us. He narrated from Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id al-Maqburi, and Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Shuraih al-Adawi (ra), that he said to Amr bin Sa'id while he was sending troops to Mecca: “O Amir, permit me to tell you something that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said on the day after the conquest of Mecca. My two ears heard it, my heart retained it, and my two eyes were looking at him when he said it. He praised and glorified Allah. Then he said: ‘Allah, the Exalted, has made Mecca sacred, and people have not made it so. It is not lawful for anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day to shed blood there or cut down a tree. If anyone seeks a justification on account of the fighting of the Messenger of Allah (saw), tell him: Allah permitted His Messenger (saw) and did not permit you. And He permitted me too only for one hour of a day, and today its sanctity has been restored just as it was yesterday. Let him who is present convey this to him who is absent.’” Hazrat Abu Shuraih (ra) was asked: “What did Amr (bin Sa'id) say to you?” He said: “Abu Shuraih, I know this better than you. The sacred precinct (Haram) gives no refuge to a rebel, nor to one who has fled after shedding blood, nor to one who has fled after causing some mischief, such mischief as brings about calamity.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1833
Muhammad bin Muthanna related to us that Abdul Wahhab told us that Khalid related to us. He narrated from Ikrimah, and he from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), that the Prophet (saw) said: “Allah, the Exalted, has made Mecca sacred. It was not made lawful for anyone before me, nor will it be lawful for anyone after me. Even for me it was made lawful only for one hour of a day. Its grass and plants are not to be plucked, its trees are not to be cut or trimmed, its game is not to be startled, and nothing dropped in it is to be picked up except (by) one who announces it.” Hazrat Abbas (ra) said: “O Messenger of Allah (saw), except the Idhkhir grass, which is for our goldsmiths and our graves.” He said: “Except the Idhkhir.” And it is narrated from Khalid. He narrated from Ikrimah that he said: “Do you know what is meant by not startling its game? That one drives it out of the shade and camps in that spot himself.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1834
Uthman bin Abi Shaibah related to us that Jarir told us. He narrated from Mansur, Mansur from Mujahid, Mujahid from Tawus, and Tawus from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), that he said: On the day the Prophet (saw) conquered Mecca he said: “(Now) there is no migration (Hijrah), but Jihad and intention will remain; and when you are called to go out for Jihad, go out. This is the city that Allah, the Exalted, has honoured with sanctity from the day He created the heavens and the earth, and it will remain sacred by this sanctity of Allah until the Day of Resurrection. Fighting in it was not lawful for anyone before me, and I too was permitted (to fight) only for one hour of one day. So it will remain (in its sanctity) by the sanctity of Allah until the Day of Resurrection. Its thorns are not to be broken, its game is not to be startled, nothing dropped in it is to be picked up except by one who identifies the thing, and its grass is not to be cut.” Hazrat Abbas (ra) said: “O Messenger of Allah (saw), except the Idhkhir grass, for it is something their blacksmiths and their houses use.” (The narrator) said: He said: “Except the Idhkhir.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1835
Ali bin Abdullah related to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us; he said: Amr (bin Dinar) said (this) the first time: I heard Ata (bin Abi Rabah) say: I heard Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) had himself cupped while he was in the state of consecration (Ihram). Then I heard him say that Tawus told me that this is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). I said: Perhaps he heard it from both of them.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1836
Khalid bin Makhlad related to us. Sulaiman bin Bilal told us. He narrated from Alqamah bin Abi Alqamah, he from Abdur Rahman al-A'raj, and Abdur Rahman from Hazrat Ibn Buhainah (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) had himself cupped in the middle of his head while he was in the state of consecration (Ihram) at the place Lahy Jamal.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1837
Abu al-Mughirah Abdul Quddus bin Hajjaj related to us that Al-Auza'i told us. Ata bin Abi Rabah related to us. It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) that the Prophet (saw) married Hazrat Maimunah (ra) while he was in the state of consecration (Ihram).
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1838
Abdullah bin Yazid related to us that Laith told us. Nafi' related to us that it is narrated from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra). He said: A man stood up and said: “O Messenger of Allah (saw), what clothes do you command us to wear in the state of consecration (Ihram)?” The Prophet (saw) said: “Do not wear shirts, nor trousers, nor tie turbans, nor wear hooded cloaks. But if someone has no sandals, he may wear leather socks; he should cut the socks below the ankles. And do not wear anything that has saffron or Wars (a fragrant dye) on it. A woman in the state of consecration should not wear a face veil, nor gloves.” Like Laith, Musa bin Uqbah, Isma'il bin Ibrahim bin Uqbah, Juwairiyah and Ibn Ishaq also reported the same concerning the face veil and the gloves. Ubaidullah bin Umar also said (in his narration): “nor Wars”. And he used to say: A woman in the state of consecration should not put on a face veil nor wear gloves. Malik reported from Nafi' that it is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra): A woman in the state of consecration should not put on a face veil. And like Malik, Laith bin Abi Sulaim also reported the same.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1839
Qutaibah related to us that Jarir told us. He narrated from Mansur, Mansur from Hakam, Hakam from Sa'id bin Jubair, and Sa'id from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He said: A man in the state of consecration (Muhrim) was thrown by his she-camel, which broke his neck and killed him. He was brought to the Messenger of Allah (saw), and he said: “Wash him and shroud him, but do not cover his head nor put perfume on him, for he will be raised calling out the Talbiyah (Labbaik).”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1840
Abdullah bin Yusuf related to us that Malik told us. He narrated from Zaid bin Aslam, Zaid from Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Hunain, and he from his father, that Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (ra) and Hazrat Miswar bin Makhramah (ra) differed at Al-Abwa (on the question of washing). Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (ra) said: “A person in the state of consecration (Muhrim) may wash his head,” and Hazrat Miswar (ra) said: “A person in the state of consecration may not wash his head.” Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (ra) sent me to Hazrat Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (ra). I found him bathing between the two posts (of a well), screened with a cloth. I said “Assalamu alaikum” to him, and he said: “Who is it?” I said: “I am Abdullah bin Hunain. Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbas (ra) has sent me to you to ask you how the Messenger of Allah (saw) used to wash his head while he was in the state of Ihram.” Hazrat Abu Ayyub (ra) put his hand on the cloth and lowered it until his head became visible to me. Then he said to a man who was pouring water over him: “Pour water,” and he poured water on his head. Then he rubbed his head with both hands, bringing his hands forward and taking them back, and said: “This is how I saw the Holy Prophet (saw) do it.”
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