“O Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this?” Shesaid: “We kill these house lizards with it, for the Prophet ofAllah(ﷺ) told us that when Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, therewas nobeast on earth that did not try to put it out, apart from thehouselizard that blew on it. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commanded thatthey should be killed.”

“What do theyuse dogs for?” Then he permitted them to keep hunting dogs.

“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.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbade killing shrikes*, frogs, ants and hoopoes.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade throwing small pebbles and said:‘They do not kill any game nor hurt the enemy, but they can break atooth or put out an eye.’” He did it again, and he (‘Abdullah)said:“I tell you that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade that and then yougo and doit again? I will never speak to you again.”

“Whoever kills a house lizard with one blow will have such andsucha reward. Whoever kills it with two blows will have such and suchareward,” less than the first. “And whoever kills it with threeblowswill have such and such reward,” less than that mentioned thesecondtime.

“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.”

“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.”

“We were forbidden (toeat) the game caught by their dogs and birds – meaning theZoroastrians.”

“Two kinds of dead meat have been permitted to us: fishand locusts.”

“We went out with the Prophet(ﷺ) for Hajj or ‘Umrah, and we encountered a swarm of locusts oratype of locust. We started hitting them with out whips and sandals.The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Eat them for they are the game of thesea.’”

It wasnarrated from Abu Tha’labah Al-Khushani that the Prophet (ﷺ)forbade eating any predatory animal that has fangs.

“Eating anypredatory animal that has fangs is unlawful.”

“On the Day of Khaibar, theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eating any predatory animal that hasfangs and any bird that has talons.”

“OMessenger of Allah, it is the flesh of a mastigure.”He took hishand away, and Khalid said to him: “O Messenger of Allah,is amastigure unlawful?” He said: “No, but it is not found in my landand I find it distasteful.” He said: “Then Khalid bent over themastigure and ate some of it, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) waslooking at him.”

We passed by Marr Az-Zahranandstartled a rabbit. They chased it but got tired, so I chased itandcaught it. I brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it and sentitsrump and thigh to the Prophet (ﷺ), who accepted it.

“O Messenger ofAllah, Icaught these two rabbits but I cannot find any iron* withwhich toslaughter them with Marwah** and eat them?” He said: “Eat.”

“I said: ‘O MessengerofAllah, I have come to you to ask you about the vermin of the earth.What do you say about mastigures?’ He said: ‘I do not eat themand Ido not forbid them.’ I said: ‘I will eat of that which youhave notforbidden. But why (do you not eat them), O Messenger ofAllah?’ Hesaid: ‘One of the nations was turned into beasts and Ilooked at thiscreature and was uncertain.’ I said: ‘O Messengerof Allah, what doyou say about rabbits?’ He said: ‘I do not eatthem and I do notforbid them.’ I said: ‘I will eat of that whichyou have notforbidden. But why (do you not eat them), O Messenger ofAllah?’ Hesaid: ‘I have been told that it menstruates.’”