Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2851

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا عَلَّمْتَ مِنْ كَلْبٍ أَوْ بَازٍ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْتَهُ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَكُلْ مِمَّا أَمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِذَا قَتَلَهُ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَهُ عَلَيْكَ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْبَازُ إِذَا أَكَلَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ وَالْكَلْبُ إِذَا أَكَلَ كُرِهَ وَإِنْ شَرِبَ الدَّمَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ ‏.‏

Translation

Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: 'Abd Allah ibn Numayr narrated to us: Mujalid narrated to us, from al-Sha'bi, from 'Adi ibn Hatim, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Whatever you have trained—a dog or a hawk—and then send out after mentioning Allah's name, eat what it catches for you.’ I asked: ‘Even if it kills the game?’ He replied: ‘If it kills it and eats none of it, then it has caught it for you.’ Abu Dawud said: ‘If a hawk eats from it, there is no harm. If a dog eats from it, that is disliked. If it drinks the blood, there is no harm.’