The Book of Hunting and Slaughtering

كتاب الصيد والذبائح

Chapter 9: The Command To Kill dogs

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that

the Messenger of Allah commanded that dogs be killed, except those which were exempted.

Chapter 12: The Concession for Keeping Dogs for Herding Livestock

As-Saib bin Yazid narrated that Surfyan bin Abi Zuhair Ash-Shanai I came to visit them and said

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever keeps a dog which he does not need for farming or livestock, one Qirt will be deducted from his (good) deeds each day.'It was said to him: 'did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah He said: 'Yes, by the Lord of this Masjid."'

Chapter 14: The Concession for Keeping A Dog for Farming

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Mughaffal that the Prophet said

"Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for hunting, herding livestock or farming, one Qurat will be deducted from his reward each day."

It was narrated from Salim bin 'Abdullah that his father said

"The Messenger of Allah said: "Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for herding livestock or a dog for hunting, one Qirat will be deducted from his reward each day." 'Abdullah said: "Abu Hurairah said: 'Or a dog for farming.'"

Chapter 15: The Prohibition Of The Price Of A Dog

It was narrated from Abu Bakr bin 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Harith bin Hisham that her heard Abu Mas ud 'Uqbah say

"The Messenger of Allah forbade the price of a dog, the gift of a female fornicator and the fees of a fortuneteller."( Sahih)

Chapter 16: The Concession For The Price Of A Hunting Dog

It was narrated from Jabir that

the Prophet forbade the price of cats and dogs, except hunting. (Da if)Abu Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa I) said: The Hadith of Hajjaj from Hammad bin Salamah is not authentic:

Chapter 18: One Who Shoots At The Game And It Falls Into Water

It was narrated that 'Adiyy bin Hatim said

"I asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting and he said: 'When you shoot your arrow, mention the name of Allah, and if you find that it (the game) has been killed, the eat it, unless you find that it fell into some water, and you do not know whether the water killed it or your arrow."'

It was narrated from 'Adiyy bin Hatim that he asked the Messenger of Allah about hunting and he said

"When you release your arrow or your dog, mention the name of Allah, and when your arrow kills (the game), then eat." He said: "What if it gets away from me for a night, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "If you find your arrow and you do not find the mark of anything else, then eat it. But if it falls into the water, do not eat it."

Chapter 19: The One Who Shoots An Arrow But (The Game) Gets Away From Him

It was narrated tht 'Adiyy bin Hatim said

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we are a people who hunt, and one of us may shoot his arrow but (the game) gets way from him for a night or two. What if he follows its tracks, and finds it dead with his arrow in it?" He said: "If you find the arrow in it, and you do not find any sign of predators, and you know that your arrow killed it, then eat it." (Sahih)

it was narrated that 'Adiyy bin Hatim said

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I shoot game and I follow its tracks after of night. He said: 'If you find your arrow in it, and no predator has eaten from it, then eat it."

Chapter 25: Rabbits

Anas said

"We disturbed a rabbit in Marr Az-Zahran so I caught it, and brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it, and sent me with its thighs and haunches to the Prophet and he accepted it."

Chapter 26: Mastigures

It was narrated that Thabit bin Wadi ah said

"A man brought a mastigure to the Messenger of Allah and he started looking at it, and turning it over. He said: 'A nation was transformed, it is not known what they did, and I do not know if this is one of them."

Chapter 27: Hyenas

It was narrated that Ibn Abi 'Ammar said

"I asked Jabir bin 'Abdullah about hyenas and he told me to eat them. I said: 'Are they game (that can be hunted)? He said: 'Yes,' I said: 'Did you hear that from the Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Yes'."

Chapter 28: The Prohibition Against Eating Predators

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the prophet said

'Every predator possessing fangs is forbidden to eat."

Chapter 30: Prohibiton Against Eating Horse Meat

It was narrated from Khalid bin Al-Walid that

the Messenger of Allah forbade eating the flesh of horses, mules and donkeys, and any predator that has fangs.

Chapter 31: Prohibition Of Eating The Flesh Of Domesticated Donkeys

It was narrated that Al-Bara said

"On the Day of Khaibar, the Messenger of Allah forbade the flesh of domesticated donkeys, cooked or raw."

Chapter 33: Permissibility Ofg Eating The Flesh Of Chickens

It was narrated that Zahadam Al-Jarmi said

"We were with Abu Musa and His food was brought, including chicken. Among the people there was a man from banu Taimullah who had reddish complexion, as if he were a freed slave. He did not come close and Abu Musa said: "Come (and eat) for I saw the Messenger of All eating it"'

Chapter 35: Dead Meat From The Sea

It was narrated that 'Amr said

"I heard Jabir say: 'The Messenger of Allah sent us, three hundred riders led by Abu 'Ubaidah bin al-Jarrah, to lie in wait for the caravan of the Quraish. We stayed on the coast and became very hungry, so much so that we ate Khabat. Then the sea cast ashore a beast called (Al-'Anbar), and we ate from it for half a month, and daubed our bodies with its fat, and our health was restored. Abu 'Ubaidah took one it its ribs and looked for the tallest camel and the tallest man in the army, and he passed beneath it. Then they got hungry again and a man slaughtered three camels, then they got hungry and a man slaughtered three camels, then they got hungry and a man slaughtered three camels, then they got hungry and a man slaughtered three camels. Then Abu 'Ubaidah told him not to do that." (One of the narrators) Sufyan said: "Abu Az-Zubair said, narrating from Jabir: "We asked the Prophet and he said: 'Do you have anything left of it?"' he said; "We took out, such-and -such an amount of a fat from its (the whale's) eyes, and four men could fit into its eye socket. Abu 'Ubaidah had a sack of dates and he used to give them out by the handful, then he started to give one date at a time, and when we ran out of dates it became very difficult for us."

It was narrated that Jabir said

"The Prophet sent us with Abu 'Ubaidah on a campaign. Our supplies ran out. Then we passed by a whale that had been cast ashore by the sea. We wanted to eat from it, but Abu 'Ubaidah told us not to. Then he said: 'We are the envoys of the Messenger of Allah for the sake of Allah, so eat. So we ate from it for several days. When we came to the messenger of Allah we told him about that and he said: 'If you have anything left of it then send it to us."'

Chapter 36: Frogs

It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Uthman that

a physician made mention of the use of frogs in a remedy in the presence of the Messenger of Allah and the Messengher of Allah forbade killing them. (sahih)