The Book of Hunting and Slaughtering

Adi ibn Hatim asked the Messenger of Allah about game. He said: When you release your dog, mention Allah name over it. If you catch the game before it has killed it, slaughter it and mention Allah name over it. If you find that it killed the game but did not eat from it, then eat it, for it caught it for you. If you find that it ate from it, do not eat any of it, for it caught it for itself. If other dogs joined your dog, killed the game, and did not eat from it, do not eat any of it, for you do not know which dog killed it.

Adi ibn Hatim said: I asked the Messenger of Allah about game struck with a mi rad. He said: Whatever you strike with its sharp edge, eat; whatever you strike with its broad side has been killed by a blow. I asked him about dogs. He said: If you release your dog and it catches the game without eating it, then eat it, for its catch is its slaughter. If another dog is with yours and you fear it caught and killed the game with yours, do not eat it, for you invoked Allah name over your dog but not over the other.

Adi ibn Hatim asked the Messenger of Allah: I release my trained dog and it catches game. He said: If you release your trained dog after invoking Allah name over it and it catches game, then eat it. I asked: Even if it kills it? He said: Even if it kills it. I said: I shoot with the mi rad. He said: If it strikes with its sharp edge, eat; if it strikes with its broad side, do not eat.

Abu Thalabah al-Khushani said: I told the Messenger of Allah that we live in a hunting land and hunt with my bow, my trained dog, and my untrained dog. He said: Whatever you strike with your bow, invoke Allah name over it and eat. Whatever your trained dog catches, invoke Allah name over it and eat. Whatever your untrained dog catches, if you reach it while it is still alive, slaughter it and eat.

Adi ibn Hatim said: I told the Messenger of Allah that I release my trained dogs, which hold game for me, and asked whether I may eat it. He said: When you release your trained dogs and they catch game for you, eat it. I asked: Even if they kill it? He said: Even if they kill it, as long as no other dog joins them. I said: I shoot with the mi rad and it pierces the game. He said: If it pierces it, eat; if it strikes with its broad side, do not eat.

Adi ibn Hatim asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting. He said: If you release your dog and dogs over which Allah name was not invoked join it, do not eat the game, for you do not know which dog killed it.

Adi ibn Hatim said: I asked the Messenger of Allah about dogs. He said: If you release your dog after invoking Allah name, eat the game. If you find another dog with yours, do not eat it, for you invoked Allah name over your dog and not the other.

Al-Shabi reported that Adi ibn Hatim, who was their neighbor and ally in the lands between the two rivers, asked the Prophet: I release my dog and find another dog with it; I do not know which caught the game. He said: Do not eat, for you invoked Allah name over your dog, not the other.

A similar report was narrated from Adi ibn Hatim.

Adi ibn Hatim said: I asked the Messenger of Allah about releasing my dog. He said: If you release your dog after invoking Allah name, eat. If it ate from the game, do not eat, for it caught it for itself. If you release your dog and find another dog with it, do not eat, for you invoked Allah name over your dog and not the other.

Adi ibn Hatim said: I asked the Messenger of Allah: I release my dog and find another dog with it, and I do not know which caught the game. He said: Do not eat, for you invoked Allah name over your dog and not the other.

Adi ibn Hatim said: I asked the Messenger of Allah about game struck by a mi rad. He said: Eat what it strikes with its sharp edge; what it strikes with its broad side is an animal killed by a blow. I asked him about a hunting dog. He said: If you release your dog after invoking Allah name over it, eat. I asked: Even if it kills the game? He said: Even if it kills it, but if it eats from it, do not eat. If you find another dog with yours that killed it, do not eat, for you invoked Allah name over your dog and not the other.

Adi ibn Hatim al-Tai asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting. He said: If you release your dog after invoking Allah name over it, and it kills the game without eating from it, then eat it. If it has eaten from it, do not eat; it caught the game for itself, not for you.

Al-Zuhri said that Ibn al-Sabbaq told him that Maymunah reported: Jibril, peace be upon him, said to the Messenger of Allah, We angels do not enter a house containing a dog or an image. The next morning, the Messenger of Allah ordered dogs to be killed, even small dogs.

Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah ordered dogs to be killed, except those he exempted.

Salim ibn Abdullah reported from his father: I heard the Messenger of Allah raise his voice, ordering that dogs be killed. Dogs were being killed except for hunting dogs and livestock dogs.

Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah ordered dogs to be killed, except hunting dogs and livestock dogs.

Abdullah ibn Mughaffal reported that the Messenger of Allah said: Were dogs not a community among the communities, I would have ordered them all killed. So kill the entirely black ones. Whoever keeps a dog, except for farming, hunting, or herding livestock, will have one qirat deducted from his reward each day.

Ali ibn Abi Talib reported that the Prophet said: The angels do not enter a house containing an image, a dog, or a person in a state of major ritual impurity.

Abu Talhah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: The angels do not enter a house containing a dog or an image.