Chapters on Hunting
كتاب الصيد
Chapter 1: Killing dogs except dogs used for hunting or farming
“What do theyuse dogs for?” Then he permitted them to keep hunting dogs.
“What do theyuse dogs for?” Then he permitted them to keep farming dogs and dogsof‘Ein. Bundar said: “The ‘Ein refers to the walls ofAl-Madinah.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commanded that dogs be killed.”
“I heard theMessenger ofAllah (ﷺ) raising his voice and commanding that dogs bekilled, anddogs were killed, except for hunting dogs or dogs kept forherdinglivestock.”
Chapter 2: The prohibition of keeping dogs except for dogs used for hunting, farming or herding livestock
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Whoever keeps a dog, one Qirat will be deducted from him(good)deeds every day, except a dog for farming or herdinglivestock.”
“Were it not that dogs form one of the communities(ornations – of creatures), I would have commanded that they bekilled. But kill those that are all black. There are no people whokeep a dog, except for dogs used for herding livestock, hunting orfarming, but two Qirat will be deducted from their reward each day.”
“I heard the Prophet(ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever keeps a dog that he does not need for farmingorherding, one Qirat will be deducted from his (good) deeds eachday.’”
Chapter 3: Game caught by a dog
“I came to theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we livein aland of the People of the Book and we eat from their vessels.And welive in a land (where there is) game, so I hunt with my bowand withmy trained dog and with my untrained dog.’ The Messengerof Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘As for what you say about living in a land ofthe Peopleof the Book, do not eat from their vessels unless you canfind noalternative. If you can fidn no alternative then wash themand eatfrom them. With regard to what you say about hunting,whatever youcatch with your bow, say the Name of Allah over it andeat. Whateveryou catch with your trained dog, say the Name of Allahover it andeat. But whatever you catch with your untrained dog, thencatch it,slaughter it, then eat.’”
“I asked the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ): ‘We are people who hunt with these dogs.’ He said:‘Ifyou send out your trained dogs and mention the Name of Allahoverthem, then eat whatever they catch even if they kill it, unlessthedog has eaten any of it. If the dog has eaten any of it then donoteat it, for I fear that it will have caught it for itself. And ifanother dog joins it, then do not eat it.’”
Chapter 4: Game caught by the dog of the Zoroastrians (and the all-black dog)
“We were forbidden (toeat) the game caught by their dogs and birds – meaning theZoroastrians.”
“I asked the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)about the all-black dog and he said: ‘(It is) a devil.’”
Chapter 5: Game caught with a bow
“Eatwhat your bow brings you.”
“I said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah, we are people who shoot (arrows).’ He said: ‘If you shootandpierce (the game), then eat what you pierced.’”
Chapter 6: Game that vanishes at night (after being struck)
“I said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah, what if I shoot the game but it vanishes at night?’ He said:‘If you find your arrow in it and you do not find anything else,theneat it.’”
Chapter 7: Hunting with a Mi`rad
“I asked the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) about hunting with Mi’rad. He said: ‘Whatever itstruckwith its sharp edge, then eat it, but what is struck with itsside issomething that has been killed by a violent blow.’”
“I asked the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) about Mi’rad. He said: ‘Do not eat unless you pierce(thegame).’”
Chapter 8: What is cut from an animal when it is still alive
“Whateveriscut from an animal hen it is still alive, what is cut from it isMaitah (dead meat).”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:‘At the end of time there will be people who will cut offcamels’humps and sheep’s tails. But what is cut from a living animalisdead.’”
Chapter 9: Hunting fish and locusts
“Two kinds of dead meat have been permitted to us: fishand locusts.”