Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 2846
Using A Dog For Hunting And Other Than That
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ أَمَرَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلمبِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَقْدَمُ مِنَ الْبَادِيَةِ - يَعْنِي بِالْكَلْبِ - فَنَقْتُلُهُ ثُمَّ نَهَانَا عَنْ قَتْلِهَا وَقَالَ " عَلَيْكُمْ بِالأَسْوَدِ "
Translation
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah
The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) ordered the killing of dogs, to the extent that if a woman came from the desert with a dog, we would kill it. Then he forbade us from killing them and said, "Stick to the black one."