Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 2853

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُعَاذِ بْنِ خُلَيْفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَدُنَا يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَيَقْتَفِي أَثَرَهُ الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ ثُمَّ يَجِدُهُ مَيِّتًا وَفِيهِ سَهْمُهُ أَيَأْكُلُ قَالَ ‏"‏ نَعَمْ إِنْ شَاءَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ أَوْ قَالَ ‏"‏ يَأْكُلُ إِنْ شَاءَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Al-Husayn ibn Mu'adh ibn Khulayf narrated to us: 'Abd al-A'la narrated to us: Dawud narrated to us, from 'Amir, from 'Adi ibn Hatim, who said: ‘Messenger of Allah, one of us shoots at game and tracks it for two or three days; then he finds it dead with his arrow in it. May he eat it?’ He replied: ‘Yes, if he wishes.’ Or he said: ‘He may eat it if he wishes.’