The Book of Games
and the Animals which May be Slaughtered
and the Aninals that Are to be Eaten (Kitab-us-Said
wa'l-Dhaba'ih wa ma Yu'kalu min Al-Hayawan)
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, I
set off trained dogs and they catch for me (the game) and
I recite the came of Allah over it (I slaughter the game
by reciting Bismillah-i-Allah-o-Akbar), whereupon he said:
When you set off your trained dogs and you recited the
name of Allah (while setting them off), then eat (the
game). I said: Even if them (the trained dogs) kill that
(the game)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Even if these
kill, but (on the condition) that no other dog, which you
did not set off (along with your dogs), participates (in
catching the game). I said to him: I throw Mi'rad, a heavy
featherless blunt arrow, for hunting and killing (the
game). Thereupon he said: When you throw Mi'rad, and it
pierces, then eat, but if it falls flatly (and beats the
game to death), then do not eat that.
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) saying: We are a people who hunt with
these (trained) dogs, then (what should we do)? Thereupon
he (the Holy Prophet) said: When you set of your trained
dogs having recited the name of Allah, then eat what these
(hounds) have caught for you, oven if it (the game) is
killed, provided (the hunting dog) has not eaten (any part
of the game). If it has eaten (the game), then you don't
eat it as I fear that it might have caught for its own
self. And do not eat in case other dogs have joined your
trained dogs.
'Adi b. Hatim reported that he asked the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) about (hunting) with the
help of an arrow having a stub end. He said: If it strikes
(the game) with its point, then eat, but if it strikes
flatly and it dies, that is Waqidh (beaten into death), do
not eat that. I asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) about (hunting with the help of) dogs, whereupon
he said. When you send your dog (for hunting) reciting the
name of Allah, then eat (the game), but if some part of it
is eaten (by the dogs, then do not eat that, for it (your
dog) has caught that (the-game) for itself. I (again)
said: If I find along with my dog another dog, and do not
know which of (the dogs) has caught (the game). then (what
should I do)? Thereupon he ('Allah's Messenger) said: Then
don't eat that, for you recited the name of Allah on your
dog and not on the other one.
Adi b. Hatim reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) about Mi'rad (i. e. hunting with the
help of arrow having a stub end, and he stated the same
(as we find in the previous hadith).
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) about hunting the game with the help of
Mi'rad, whereupon he said: If it strikes (the game) with
its point, then eat it, but if it strikes flat, that is
(the game is) beaten (into death), (then do not eat that)
'Adi further said: I asked him about hunting with the help
of a dog, whereupon he said: If that (the dog) catches it
(the game) for you and does not eat out of that, then you
eat (the game) for Dhakat (slaughtering) of that is its
being caught by it (by the dog). But if you find another
dog besides it, and you fear that that dog (the second
one) had caught it (the game) along with that (your dog)
and killed it. then don't eat; for you recited the name of
Allah on your dog and did not recite that on the other one
(which joined your dog incidentally).
Sha'bi reported: I heard Adi b. Hatim say-and he was
our neighbour, and our partner and co worker at Nahrain-that
he asked Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying: I
let off my dog and find another dog along with my dog and
that (any one of them) catches the (game), but I do not
know which one had caught it, whereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: Then don't eat that, for you recited the
name of Allah while letting off your dog and did not
recite on the other.
Adi b. Hatim reported: Allah's Messenger (way peace be
upon him) said to me: When you let off your dog, recite
the name of Allah, and if it catches (game for you) and
you find it alive, then slaughter it; if you find it
killed and that (your dog) has eaten nothing out of that,
(even then) you may eat it; but if you find along with
your dog another dog, and (the game an) dead, then don't
eat, for you do not know which of the two has killed it.
And if you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, but
if it (game) goes out of your sight for a day and you do
not find on that but the mark of your arrow, then eat that
it you so like, but if you find it drowned in water, then
don't eat that.
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) 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.
Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani reported: I came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, we are in the land of the People of the Book,
(so) we eat in their utensils, and (live) in a hunting
region. where I hunt with, the help of my bow, and hunt
with my trained dog, or with my dog which is not trained.
So inform me what is lawful (Halal) for us out of that. He
(the Holy Prophet) said: Regarding what you have mentioned
of the fact that you live in the land belonging to the
People of the Book and so you eat in their utensils, but
if you can get utensils other than theirs, then don't eat
in them; but if you do not find any, then wash them and
eat in them. And regarding what you have mentioned about
(your living) in a hunting region, what you hunt, (strike)
with the help of your bow, recite the name of Allah (while
shooting an arrow) and then eat; and what you catch with
the help of your trained dog, recite the name of Allah
(while letting oil) the dog and then eat it, and what you
get with the help of your untrained dog, (if you find it
alive) and slaughter it (according to the law of the
Shari'ah), eat it.
Abu Tha'laba reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) having said this: If you shoot with your arrow
and (the game) goes out of your sight and you find it
(later on), then eat that if it has not gone rotten.
Abu Tha'laba reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying about one who comes three days later
on the game he has shot: Eat it, provided it has not gone
rotten.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Tha'laba al- Khushani with a slight variation of
(words): He (the Holy Prophet) said in regard to the game
killed by (a trained) dog: Eat after three days provided
it has not gone rotten.
Chapter 3: IT IS UNLAWFUL TO EAT FANGED BEASTS OF
PREY AND BIRDS WITH TALONS
Abu Tha'laba reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon prohibited the eating of every fanged beast of
prey. Zuhri added: We did not bear of it until we came to
Syria.
Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) prohibited the eating of
all fanged beasts. Ibn Shihab said: I did not bear of this
from our 'Ulama' in the Hijaz, until Abu Idris narrated
that to me and he was one of the jurists of Syria.
Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) having prohibited the eating of
all fanged beasts of prey. This hadith has been narrated
through another chain of transmitters, but with a slight
variation of words.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The eating of all fanged beasts of
prey is unlawful. This hadith has been narrated through
another chain of transmitters.
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) prohibited the eating of all fanged beasts of
prey, and all the birds having talons.
Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) forbade (the eating) of all the fanged beasts of
prey, and of all the birds having talons.
Jabir reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon
him) sent us (on an expedition) and appointed Abu 'Ubaida
our chief that we might intercept a caravan of the Quraish
and provided us with a bag of dates. And he found for us
nothing besides it. Abu Ubaida gave each of us one date
(everyday). I (Abu Zubair, one of the narrators) said:
What did you do with that? He said: We sucked that just as
a baby sucks and then drank water over that, and it
sufficed us for the day until night. We beat off leaves
with the help of our staffs, then drenched them with water
and ate them. We then went to the coast of the sea, and
there rose before us on the coast of the sea something
like a big mound. We came near that and we found that it
was a beast, called al-'Anbar (spermaceti whale). Abu 'Ubaida
said. It is dead. He then said: No (but it does not
matter), we have been sent by the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) in the path of Allah and you are hard
pressed (on account of the scarcity of food), so you eat
that. We three hundred in number stayed there for a month,
until we grew bulky. He (Jabir) said: I saw how we
extracted pitcher after pitcher full of fat from the
cavity of its eye, and sliced from it compact piece of
meat equal to a bull or like a bull. Abu 'Ubaida called
forth thirteen men from us and he made them sit in the
cavity of its eye, and he took hold of one of the ribs of
its chest and made it stand and then saddled the biggest
of the camels we had with us and it passed under it (the
arched rib), and we provided ourselves with pieces of
boiled meat (especially for use in our journey). When we
came back to Medina, we went to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and made a mention of that to him,
whereupon he said: That was a provision which Allah had
brought forth for you. Is there any piece of meat (left)
with you, so tnat you give to us that? He (Jabir) said: We
sent to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) tome of
that (a piece of meat) and he ate it.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: Allah's Messenger (may
peace he upon him) sent us (on an expedition). We were
three hundred riders and our chief (leader) was 'Ubaida b.
al-Jarrah. We were on the look out for a caravan of the
Quraish. So we stayed on the coast for half a month, and
were so much afflicted by extreme hunger that we (were
obliged) to eat leaves. That is why it was called the
Detachment of the Leaves. The ocean cast out for us an
animal which was called al-'Anbar (whale). We ate of that
for half of the month and rubbed its fat on our (bodies)
until our bodies became stout. Abu 'Ubaida caught hold of
one of its ribs and fixed that up. He then cast a glance
at the tallest man of the army and the highest of the
camels. and then made him ride over that, and that-tnan
passed beneath it (the rib), and many a man could sit in
its eye-socket, and we extracted many pitchers of fat from
the cavity of its eye. We had small bags containing dates
with us (before finding the whale). 'Ubaida gave every
person amongst us a handful of dates (and when the
provision ran short), he then gave each one of us one
date. And when that (stock) was exhausted, we felt its
loss.
'Amr reported on the authority of Jabir that in the
expedition of Khabat (leaves) a person slaughtered three
camels, then three, then three, then Abu 'Ubaida forbade
him (to do so fearing that the rides may become short).
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) sent us (on an expedition), and we were three
hundred in number, and we were carrying our bags of
provisions around our necks.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) sent on in expedition a detachment
consisting of three hundred (persons) and appointed Abu 'Ubaida
b. Jarrah as their chief. Their provisions ran short: 'Abu
'Ubaida collected their provisions in the provision bag.
and he fed us (for some time). Later on when the
provisions ran short he gave us one date every day.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) sent an expedition to the sea coast and
I was one among them. The rest of the hadith is the same
with a slight variation of wording that in the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Wahb b. Kaisan (the words
are):" The army ate out of that (the whale) for eighteen
days."
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) sent an expedition to the land of the
tribe of Juhaina, and appointed a person as a chief over
them.
Chapter 5: THE EATING OF THE FLESH OF DOMESTIC
ASSES IS UNLAWFUL
'Ali b. Abi Talib reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) forbade on the Day of Khaibar temporary
marriage (Muta') with women and the eating of the flesh of
domestic asses.
Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) forbade the eating of the (flesh) of domestic
asses on the Day of Khaibar in spite of the fact that
people needed that.
Shaibani reported: I asked 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa about
(the lawfulness or unlawfulness of) the flesh of the
domestic asses. He said: We experienced hunger on the Day
of Khaibar as we were with the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him). We found domestic asses in the
exterior of Medina. We slaughtered them and our earthen
pots were boiling when the announcer of the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) made an announcement that
the earthen pots should be turned upside down and nothing
of the flesh of the domestic asses should be eaten. I
said: What kind of prohibition is it that he (the Holy
Prophet) has made? He said: We discussed it amongst
-ourselves. Some of us aaid that it has been declared
unlawful for ever, (whereas others said) it has been
declared unlawful since one-fifth (of the booty) has not
been given (to the treasury, as is legally required).
Sulaiman Shaibini reported: I heard Abdullah b. Abu
Aufa say: We were smitten with hunger during the nights of
Khaibar. On the Day of Khaibar, we fell upon domestic
asses and we slaughtered them, and when our earthen pots
boiled with them, the announcer of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) made an annoancement that the earthen
pots should be turned over, and nothing should be eaten of
the flesh of the domestic asses. Some of the people said
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
forbidden (the use of this flesh) for one-fifth (due to
the State) has not been paid, while others said: He
prohibited it for ever.
'Adi (he was the son of Thabit) said: I heard al-Bara'
and 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa say: We found domestic asses and
we cooked them. Then the announcer of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) made an announcement that the
earthen pots should be turned over.
Al-Bara' said: We found on the Day of Khaibar domestic
asses, and the announcer of the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) made an announcement that the earthen
pots should be turned over.
Bara' b. 'Azib reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) commanded us to throw away the flesh of
domestic asses whether uncooked or cooked; he then never
commanded us to eat that. This hadith has been narrated on
the authority of 'Asim with the same chain of
transmitters.
Ibn 'Abbas reported: I do not know whether Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) prohibited (the eating
of the domestic ass) due to the fact that they were the
beasts of burden for the people, so he (the Holy Prophet)
did not like their beasts of burden to be destroyed (as a
matter of expediency), or he prohibited the use of the
flesh of domestic asses (not as an expediency but as a law
of the Shari'ah) on the Day of Khaibar.
Salama b. Akwa' reported: We went to Khaibar with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Then Allah
granted (us) victory over them. On that very evening of
the day when they had been granted victory, they lit many
fires. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: What are those fires and what for those have been
lit? They said: (These have been lit) for (cooking) the
flesh. Thereupon he said: Of what flesh? They said: For
the flesh of the domestic asses. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace bo upon him) said: Throw that away
and break them (the earthen pots in which the fiesa was
being cooked). A person said: Messenger of Allah, should
we throw it away and wash them (the cooking pots)? He
said: You may do so.
Anas reported: When Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) conquered Khaibar, we caught hold of the asses
outside the village. We cooked them (their flesh). Then
the announcer of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
made the announcement: Listen, verily Allah and His
Messenger have prohibited you (the eating of) their
(flesh), for it is a loathsome evil of Satan's doing. Then
the earthen pots were turned over along with what was in
them, and these were brimming (with flesh) at that time.
Anas b. Malik reported: When it was the Day of Khaibar
a visitor came and said: Messenger of Allah, the asses
have been eaten. Then another came and said: Messenger of
Allah, the asses are being destroyed. Then Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded Abu Talha to
make an announcement that Allah and His Messenger have
prohibited you (from eating) of the flesh of (domestic)
asses, for these are loathsome or impure. He (the
narrator) said: The earthein pots were turned over along
with what was in them.
Chapter 6: PERTAINING TO THE EATING OF THE FLESH
OF THE HORSE
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) prohibited eating of the flesh of
domestic asses on the Day of Khaibar, and permitted the
cooking of the flesh of horses.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah is reported to have said: We ate
during the time of Khaibar the (flesh) of horses and of
wild asses, but Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
prohibited us (to eat) the flesh of domestic asses. This
hadith has hen transmitted on the authority of Ibn Juraij.
Ibn 'Umar reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the
lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it
nor its prohibitor.
Ibn 'Umar reported: A person asked Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) about the eating of the lizard,
whereupon he said. I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.
Ibn 'Umar reported that a person asked Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as he was sitting on the
pulpit about the eating of the lizard, whereupon he said:
I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.
A hadith pertaining to the eating of the lizard is
transmitted from the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him)
on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, but in this very hadith
narrated through a different chain of transmitters there
is a slight variation of wording (and the words are):" A
lizard was brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) but he neither ate that nor declared it unlawful."
And in the hadith transmitted through Usama (the words
are):" The man (inquirer) was standing in the mosque and
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was sitting on
the pulpit."
Ibn 'Umar reported that there were some persons with
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) from among his
Companions, Sa'd being one of them. There was brought to
them the flesh of the lizard when a lady amongst the wives
of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: It is the
flesh of the lizard. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (way
peace be upon him) &aid: Eat, for it is lawful, but it is
not my diet.
Taubat Al-'Anbari reported: Al-Sha'bi (one of the
narrators) asked me if I had heard the hadith transmitted
on the authority of Hasan from the Prophet (may peace be
upon him). He said: I sat in the company if Ibn 'Umar for
two years or a year and a half but I did not hear narrated
from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) but this one
(pertaining to the flesh of the lizard) as narrated by
Mu'adh.
'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported: I and Khalid b. Walid
went to the apartment of Maimuna along with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), and there was presented
to him a roasted lizard. Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) stretched his hand towards It, whereupon some of
the women who had been in the house of Maimuna said:
Inform Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) what he
intends to eat. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
lifted his hand. I said: Messenger of Allah, Is it
forbidden? He said: No. It is not found in the land of my
people, and I feel that I have no liking for it. Khalid
said: I then chewed and ate it, while, Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) was looking (at me).
'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that Khalid b. Walid who
is called the Sword of Allah had informed him that he
visited Maimuna, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him), in the company of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him), and she was the sister of his mother (that
of Khalid) and that of 'Ibn Abbas, and he found with her a
roasted lizard which her sister Hufaida the daughter of
al-Harith had brought from Najd, and she presented that
lizard to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). It
was rare that some food was presented to the Holy Prophet
(may peace be upon him) and it was not mentioned or named.
While Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was about
to stretch forth his hand towards the lizard, a woman from
amongst the women present there informed the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) what they had presented to
him. They said: Messenger of Allah, it is a lizard.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) withdrew his
hand, whereupon Khalid b. Walid said: Messenger of Allah,
is a lizard forbidden? There opon he said: No, but it is
not found in the land of my people, and I feel that I have
no liking for it. Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it,
and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was looking
at me and he did not forbid (me to eat it).
Khalid b. Walid reported that he visited Maimuna
daughter of al-Harith with the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him), and she was the sister of his mother.
She presented to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
the flesh of a lizard which Umm Hufaid daughter of
al-Harith had brought from Najd, and she had been married
to a person belonging to Banu Ja'far. It was the habit of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) not to eat
anything until he knew what that was. The rest of the
hadith is the same but with this (addition):" Ibn al-Asamm
narrated it from Maimuna and he was under her care."
Ibn 'Abbas reported: While we were in the house of
Maimuna there were brought to Allah's Messenger two
roasted lizards. Here no mention is made of al- 'Asamm
narrating from Maimuna.
Ibn 'Abbas reported that there had been brought to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) the flesh of a
lizard and Khalid b. Walid was also present there. The
rest of the hadith is the same.
Sa'id b. Jubair reported that he heard Ibn 'Abbas says:
The sister of my mother Umm Hufaid presented to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) clarified butter (ghee),
cheese and some lizards. He ate out of the clarified
butter and cheese, but lett the lizard finding no liking
for it. But it was eaten on the table of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him). Had it been forbidden (haram), it
could not be eaten on the table of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him).
Yazid b. al-Asamm reported: A newly wedded person of
Medina invited us to a wedding feast, and he served us
thirteen lizards. There were those who ate it and those
who abandoned it. I met Ibn 'Abbas the next day, and
informed him (about this) in the presence of many persons.
Some of them said that the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) had observed: I neither eat it nor forbid
(anyone) from eating it, nor declare it to be unlawful.
Thereupon Ibn 'Abbas said: Sad it is what you say! Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) has not been sent, but (to
declare in clear words) the lawful and the unlawful
(things). We were once with Allah's Messenger (may peace
be. upon him) as he was with Maimuna, and there were with
him al-Fadl b. 'Abbas, Khalid b. Walid and some women
(also) when a tray of food containing flesh was presented
to him. As Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was
about to eat that, Maimuna said: It is the flesh of the
lizard. He withdrew his hand saying: That is the flesh
which I never eat; but he said to them (those who were
present there): You may eat. Al-Fadl ate out of that, so
did Khalid b Walid, and the women. Maimuna (however) said:
I do not eat anything but that which Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) eats.
Abu Zubair reported that he heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah
saying that there was presented to Allah's Messenger (the
flesh) of the lizard, but he refused to eat that, saying:
I do not know; perhaps it (lizard) might (be one of those
natives of) the distant past whose (forms) had beer,
distorted.
Abu Zubair reported: I asked Jabir about ithe eating)
of the lizard, whereupon he said: Don't eat that as he
(the Holy Prophet) felt disgust. He (the narrator) said
that Umar b. al-Khattab reminded: Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) did not declare it to be unlawful.
Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, has (made it a source) of
benefit for more than one (persons). It is a common diet
of the shepherds. Had it been with me, I would have eaten
that.
Abu Sa'id reported that a person said: Messenger of
Allah, we live in a land abounding in lizards, so what do
you command or what verdict you give (about eating of it)?
Thereupon he said: It was mentioned to me that a people
from among Bani Isra'il were distorted (so there is a
likelihood that those people might have been distorted in
the shape of lizards). So he neither commanded (us to eat
that) nor forbade (us). Abu Sa'id said: After some time
Umar said: Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, has made it (a
source of) benefit for more than one (person), for it is
the common diet of shepherds. Had it been with me, I would
have eaten that. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
disliked it.
Abu Sa'id reported that an Arab of the desert came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: I live
in a low land abounding in lizards, and these are the
common diet of my family, but he (the Holy Prophet) did
not make any reply. We said to him: Repeat it (your
problem) and so he repeated it, but he did not make any
reply. (It was repeated thrice ) Then Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) called him out at the third time
saying: O man of the desert, verily Allah cursed or showed
wrath to a tribe of Bani Isra'il and distorted them to
beasts which move on the earth. I do not know, perhaps
this (lizard) may be one of them. So I do not eat it, nor
do I prohibit the eating of it.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Ya'fur with the same chain of transmitters. Abu Bakr (one
of the narrators) said" seven expeditions," whereas Ishaq
said" six," and Ibn Umar said" six" or" seven".
Anas b. Malik reported: We chased a hare at Marr
az-Zahrin (a valley near Mecca). They (my companions) ran,
but felt exhausted; I also tried until I caught hold of
it. I brought it to Abu Talha. He slaughtered it and sent
its haunch and two hind legs to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) through me; and he accepted them. This
hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Yahya with
a slight change of wording.
Chapter 10: IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO MAKE USE OF
THINGS NECESSARY FOR HUNTING AND CHASING BUT THE USE OF
SMALL PEBBLES IS DISAPPROVED
Ibn Buraida reported that Abdullah b. al-Mughaffal saw
a person from amongst his companions throwing small
pebbles, whereupon he said: Don't throw pebbles. for
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not like it,
or he forbade flinging of pebbles since neither the game
is taken thereby, nor an enemy defeated. but it may break
a tooth or put out an eye. He, afterwards, again saw him
flinging pebbles, and said to him: I inform you that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) did not approve
or he forbade flinging of pebbles, but if I see you again
flinging pebbles. I will not speak with you.
'Abdullah b. Mughaffal reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) prohibited throwing of pebbles.
Ibn Ja'far reported (in the narration transmitted by him)
that he (the Holy Prophet) said: It neither inflicts
defeat to the enemy nor kills the game but breaks the
tooth and puts the eye out. This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Ibn Mahdi with a slight
variation of wording.
Sa'id b. Jubair reported that. a near one of 'Abdullah
b. Mughaffal threw pebbles. He prohibited him (to do so).
He said that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
prohibited the throwing of pebbles by saying: It does not
catch the game, nor does it inflict defeat on the enemy,
but breaks the tooth and puts the eye out. He (the near
one of Abdullah b. Mughadal) again repeated it (the act of
throwing of pebbles) whereupon he said: I narrate to you
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon hish) disliked
and prohibited throwing of pebbles, but I see you again
throwing pebbles; I (would therefore) not speak with you.
Shaddid b. Aus said: Two are the things which I
remember Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having
said: Verily Allah has enjoined goodness to everything; so
when you kill, kill in a good way and when you slaughter,
slaughter in a good way. So every one of you should
sharpen his knife, and let the slaughtered animal die
comfortably.
Hishim b. Zaid b. Anas b. Milik reported: I visited the
house of al-Hakam b. Ayyub along with my grandfather Anas
b. Milik, (and there) some people had made a hen a target
and were shooting arrows at her. Thereupon Asas said that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had forbidden
tying of the animals (and making them the targets of
arrows, etc.). This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Shu'ba through other chains of transmitters.
Chapter 13: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO TIE THE ANIMAL AND
MAKE IT A TARGET OF ARROWS
Sa'id b. Jubair reported that Ibn 'Umar happened to
pass by a party of men who had tied a hen and were
shooting arrows at it. As soon as they saw Ibn 'Umar, they
scattered from it. Thereupon Ibn Umar said: Who has done
this? Verily Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) has
invoked curse upon him who does this.
Sa'id b. Jubair reported that Ibn 'Umar happened to
pass by some young men of the Quraish who had tied a bird
(and th, is made it a target) at which they had been
shooting arrows Every arrow that they missed came into the
possession of the owner of the bird. So no sooner did they
see Ibn 'Umar they went away. Thereupon Ibn 'Umar said:
Who has done this? Allah has cursed him who does this.
Verily Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) invoked
curse upon one who made a live thing the target (of one's
marksmanship).