Book 72: Slaughtering and Hunting
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5475
Abu Nu'aim narrated to us that Zakariyya (bin Abi Za'idah) told us. He narrated from Amir, Amir from Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (ra). He said: I asked the Prophet (saw) about game which is struck with a broad, flat object. He (saw) said: “If it is struck with the sharp edge, eat it, and what is struck with the flat side is Mauqudhah (killed by a blow).” And I asked him about game caught by a dog, and he said: “Whatever it has caught for you, eat it, for the dog's catching is also slaughtering. And if you find another dog with your dog,” or (he said) “with the dogs, and you fear that the other dog may also have caught it together with it and killed it, then do not eat, for you mentioned the name of Allah when releasing your dog, and you did not mention the name of Allah over any other.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5476
Sulaiman bin Harb narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Abdullah bin Abis Safar, Abdullah from Sha'bi. He said: I heard Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (ra). He used to say: I asked the Messenger of Allah (saw) about game that is struck with a broad, flat object. He (saw) said: “If you struck it with its edge, then eat it; and if it falls on it with its flat side and kills it, then it is Mauqudhah (killed by a blow); do not eat it.” I asked: What if I release my dog? He said: “When you release your dog and mention the name of Allah, then eat.” I asked: What if the dog eats of it? He said: “Then do not eat it, for it did not catch it for you but caught it for itself.” I asked: What if I release my dog and find some other dog with it? He said: “Do not eat, for you said Bismillah over your dog when releasing it, and you did not mention the name (of Allah) over the other.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5477
Qabisah (bin Uqbah) narrated to us that Sufyan (Thauri) told us. He narrated from Mansur (bin Mu'tamir), Mansur from Ibrahim (Nakha'i), Ibrahim from Hammam bin Harith, Hammam from Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (ra). He said: I asked: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! We release our trained dogs. He (saw) said: “Eat what they catch for you.” I asked: What if they kill it? He said: “Even if they kill it.” I asked: And we also shoot with a featherless arrow (Mi'rad)? He said: “Eat whatever it tears open, and do not eat what it strikes with its flat side.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5478
Abdullah bin Yazid (Adawi) narrated to us that Haiwah (bin Shuraih) told us. He said: Rabi'ah bin Yazid Dimashqi told me. Rabi'ah narrated from Abu Idris (A'idhullah Khaulani), Abu Idris from Abu Tha'labah Khushani. He used to say: I said: O Prophet of Allah! We are in the land of a people who are People of the Book; may we eat from their vessels? And we are in a land where there is game. I hunt with my bow and with my dog which is not trained, or with my dog which is trained; so which game is lawful for me? He (saw) said: “As for what you have mentioned about the People of the Book, if you find vessels other than those, do not eat from them; and if you do not find any, then wash these and eat from them. And whatever you hunt with your bow, having mentioned the name of Allah, eat it; and whatever you hunt with your trained dog, having mentioned His (Allah's) name, eat that too; and whatever you have hunted with a dog that is not trained, and you have then slaughtered it, eat that too.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5479
Yusuf bin Rashid narrated to me that Waki' and Yazid bin Harun told us. The words are those of Yazid. Both of them narrated from Kahmas bin Hasan, Kahmas from Abdullah bin Buraidah, Abdullah from Hazrat Abdullah bin Mughaffal (ra). He saw a man throwing small pebbles, so he said to him: Do not throw pebbles, for the Messenger of Allah (saw) has forbidden throwing these pebbles, or he disliked throwing these pebbles, and he said that no game is caught with them, nor is any enemy even scratched; rather they break teeth and put out eyes. Then Hazrat Abdullah bin Mughaffal (ra) saw him throwing these small pebbles, and he said to him: I tell you this, narrating from the Messenger of Allah (saw), that he forbade throwing these pebbles, or (he said) disliked it, and you throw pebbles! I will not speak to you for such and such a period.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5480
Musa bin Isma'il narrated to us that Abdul Aziz bin Muslim told us. Abdullah bin Dinar narrated to us. He said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra). Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) narrated from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Whoever keeps a dog which is neither a dog guarding a flock nor a hunting dog, two Qirats will be deducted from his deeds every day.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5481
Makki bin Ibrahim narrated to us that Hanzalah bin Abi Sufyan told us. He said: I heard Salim narrating. (He said:) I heard Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra). Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) relates that I heard the Prophet (saw) saying: “Whoever keeps a dog (other than a hunting dog that is for hunting, or a dog that is for guarding a flock), two Qirats will be deducted from his reward every day.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5482
Abdullah bin Yusuf (Tinnisi) narrated to us that Malik told us. He narrated from Nafi', Nafi' from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for a flock or a hunting dog, two Qirats will be deducted from his deeds every day.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5483
Qutaibah bin Sa'id narrated to us that Muhammad bin Fudail told us. He narrated from Bayan (bin Bishr), Bayan from Sha'bi, Sha'bi from Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (ra). He said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (saw). I said: We are people who hunt with these dogs. He (saw) said: “When you release your trained dogs and mention the name of Allah, then eat what they catch for you, even if they kill it, but not when the dog eats of it, for I fear that it may have caught it for itself. And if other dogs besides them have joined your dogs, then do not eat.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5484
Musa bin Isma'il told us that Thabit bin Yazid narrated to us. Asim (bin Sulaiman) told us. He narrated from Sha'bi, Sha'bi from Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (ra), Hazrat Adi (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “When you release your dog and mention the name of Allah, then if it has caught the game and killed it, eat it; and if it (the dog) has eaten some of it, then do not eat, for it has caught it for itself. And if (that dog) has mixed with dogs over which the name of Allah was not mentioned when they were released, and then they catch something and kill it, do not eat, for you do not know which of them killed it. And if you have shot the game with an arrow and found it after one or two days, and there is no mark on it except that of your arrow, then eat; but if it has fallen into water, do not eat.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5485
And Abdul A'la (bin Abdul A'la) related from Dawud (bin Abi Hind). He narrated from Amir (Sha'bi), Amir from Hazrat Adi (ra), that he said to the Prophet (saw) that he shoots game and then keeps searching for its trail for two or three days, and after that finds it dead with his arrow in it? He (saw) said: “If he wishes, he may eat it.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5486
Adam (bin Abi Iyas) narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Abdullah bin Abis Safar, Abdullah from Sha'bi, Sha'bi from Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (ra). He used to say: I said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! I release my dog and also mention the name of Allah? The Prophet (saw) said: “When you release your dog and mention the name of Allah, and it catches the game and kills it, or eats some of it, then do not eat, for it has caught it only for itself.” I said: I release my dog and find some other dog with it; I do not know which of them caught it? He (saw) said: “Do not eat, for you mentioned the name of Allah only over your own dog, and you did not mention the name of Allah over any other.” And I asked him about game killed by a featherless arrow (Mi'rad). He said: “If you struck it with its point, then eat; and if you wounded it with its flat side and killed it, then it is Mauqudhah (killed by a blow); then do not eat.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5487
Muhammad (bin Sallam) narrated to me that (Muhammad) bin Fudail told me. He narrated from Bayan (bin Bishr), Bayan from Amir (Sha'bi), Amir from Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (ra). He said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (saw). I said: We are people who hunt with these dogs? He (saw) said: “When you release your trained dogs and mention the name of Allah over them, then eat what they catch for you, except when the dog eats of it; then do not eat, for I fear that it may have caught it only for itself. And if some other dog besides it has joined it, then do not eat.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5488
Abu Asim (Nabil) told us. He narrated from Haiwah bin Shuraih. And also Ahmad bin Abi Raja' narrated to me that Salamah bin Sulaiman told us. He narrated from (Abdullah) bin Mubarak, Abdullah from Haiwah bin Shuraih. He said: I heard Rabi'ah bin Yazid Dimashqi. He said: Abu Idris A'idhullah told me. He used to say: I heard Hazrat Abu Tha'labah Khushani (ra). He used to say: I came to the Messenger of Allah (saw). I said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! We are in the land of a people who are People of the Book. We eat from their vessels. And we are in a land where there is game. I hunt with my bow, and I hunt with my trained dog and also with one that is not trained. Tell me which of these is lawful for us? He (saw) said: “As for what you have mentioned, that you are in the land of a people who are People of the Book and you eat from their vessels: if you find vessels other than their vessels, do not eat from them; and if you do not find any, then wash these and after that eat from them. And as for what you have mentioned, that you are in a land where there is game: whatever you hunt with your bow, mention the name of Allah and then eat. And whatever you hunt with your trained dog, mention the name of Allah and then eat it. And whatever you hunt with your dog which is not trained, and you then slaughter it, eat that too.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5489
Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. He narrated from Shu'bah. Shu'bah said: Hisham bin Zaid narrated to me. Hisham narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra). He said: We roused a hare at Marr-uz-Zahran. They ran to catch it until they were exhausted. Then I ran after it and at last caught it, and I brought it to Hazrat Abu Talhah (ra), and he sent its thighs or the meat of its haunch to the Prophet (saw). He (saw) accepted it.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5490
Isma'il (bin Abi Uwais) narrated to us. He said that Malik told me. He narrated from Abun Nadr (Salim bin Abi Umayyah), who was the freedman of Umar bin Ubaidullah, Abun Nadr from Nafi', who was the freedman of Abu Qatadah, Nafi' from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra), that he was with the Messenger of Allah (saw). When they reached a certain place on the road to Mecca, he stayed behind with some of his companions who were in the state of consecration (Ihram), while he was not in Ihram. He saw a wild ass. Seeing this, he (Abu Qatadah (ra)) sat firmly on his horse. Then he asked his companions to hand him the whip. They refused. Then he asked them for his spear; again they refused. At last Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra) took it himself and then charged the wild ass with force and killed it. Then some of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (saw) ate some of its meat, and some of them refused. When they met the Messenger of Allah (saw), they asked him about it. He (saw) said: “It was food which Allah fed you.”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5491
Isma'il (bin Abi Uwais) narrated to us. He said that Malik told me. He narrated from Zaid bin Aslam, Zaid from Ata' bin Yasar, Ata' from Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra), a hadith like this, except that he used these words: he (saw) asked: “Do you have anything of its meat with you?”
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5492
Yahya bin Sulaiman Ju'fi told us. He said that (Abdullah) bin Wahb narrated to me that Amr (bin Harith) told us that Abun Nadr (Salim) narrated to him. Abun Nadr narrated from Nafi', who was the freedman of Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra), and from Abu Salih, who was the freedman of Tau'amah. (Nafi' said:) I heard Hazrat Abu Qatadah (ra). He used to say: I was with the Prophet (saw) at a place between Mecca and Medina, and they were in the state of consecration (Ihram), and I was the only person who was not in Ihram. I was riding a horse, and I was a great climber of mountains. While I was in this state, I saw people peering at something. I too began to look, and what do I see but that it is a wild ass. I asked: What is this? They said: We do not know. I said: It is a wild ass. They said: It is what you have seen. And I had forgotten my whip. I said to them: Hand me my whip. They said: We will not help you in hunting it. I dismounted and took it. Then I galloped my horse after it. I had gone only a short distance when I wounded it, and then I came to them. I said to them: Get up and carry it. They said: We will not even touch it. At last I myself carried it and brought it to them. Some of them refused, and some ate. I said: I shall ask the Prophet (saw) about this matter for you. I caught up with him and related the whole incident to him. He (saw) asked me: “Is anything of it left with you?” I said: Yes. He said: “Eat; it is food which Allah has fed you.”
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (bin Sa'id Qattan) told us. He narrated from Ibn Juraij. He said: Amr (bin Dinar) told me that he heard Hazrat Jabir (ra). He used to say: We set out on a military expedition in Jaish-ul-Khabat (the Army of the Leaves), and Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) had been made commander. And we became severely hungry, and the sea cast a dead fish onto the shore. Such a fish had never been seen. It was called Anbar. We kept eating from it for half a month, and Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) took one of its bones, and a rider passed beneath it.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 5494
Abdullah bin Muhammad (Musnadi) narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. He narrated from Amr (bin Dinar). Amr said: I heard Hazrat Jabir (ra) (bin Abdullah Ansari). He used to say: The Prophet (saw) sent us, three hundred riders, and our commander was Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) (bin Jarrah). We were lying in wait for a trade caravan of the Quraish. We became severely hungry, so much so that we beat down the leaves of trees and ate them. Hence it was named Jaish-ul-Khabat (the Army of the Leaves). And the sea threw out a fish which is called Anbar. We kept eating it for half a month and rubbing its fat on our bodies, until our bodies became plump and healthy. Hazrat Jabir (ra) used to say: Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) took one of its ribs and set it upright, and a rider passed beneath it. And there was a man among us who, when severe hunger struck, slaughtered three camels, then slaughtered three camels. Then Hazrat Abu Ubaidah (ra) stopped him.
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