The permissibility of using things that help in hunting and pursuing the enemy, but throwing small pebbles is disliked Sahih Muslim 1954 e

Sahih Muslim 1954e
Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا الثَّقَفِيُّ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ
Translation

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub with the same chain of transmitters.