The Book on Hunting

كتاب الصيد والذبائح عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Chapter 1: What Has Been Related About What Is Eaten From The Game Caught By Dogs And What Is Not Eaten

Narrated Abu Tha'labah Al-Khushani

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! We are a people who hunt.' He said: 'If you send your dog and you mentioned the Name of Allah upon it, and he catches something for you, then eat it.' I said: 'Even if he kills it?' He said: 'Even if he kills it.' I said: 'We are a people who shoot (at game).' He said: 'What you catch with your bow, then eat it.'" He said: "Then I said:'Indeed we are a people who travel. We come across Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians, and we do not find vessels other than theirs.' He said: 'If you do not find other than them, then wash them with water, then eat and drink from it.'"

(Another Chain) except that he said

"And he was asked about the Mir'ad."

Chapter 2: What Has Been Related About The Game Caught By A Zoroastrian's Dog

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah

"We have been forbidden from the game caught by a Zoroastrian's dog."

Chapter 3: What Has Been Related About The Game Caught By Falcon's

Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the game caught by a falcon. So he said: 'What it catches for you, then eat it.'"

Chapter 4: What Has Been Related About A Man Who Shoots Some Game Then He Loses Sight Of It

Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I shoot some game and then find my arrow in it the next day.' He said: 'If you know that your arrow killed it, and you dont see any marks of predators, then eat it.'"

Chapter 5: What Has Been Related About One Who Shoots Some Game, Then He Finds It Dead In The Water

Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about hunting, so he said: 'Mention Allah's Name when you shoot your arrow. Then, if you find it dead, eat from it, unless you found that it has fallen in (some body of) water. Then do not eat it, for you do not know if the water killed it, or your arrow.'"

Chapter 6: What Has Been Related About The Dog Eating From The Game

Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim

"I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the game caught by a trained dog. He said: 'If you mention the Name of Allah when you send your trained dog, then eat from what it catches for you. But if it eats from it, then do not eat it, for he only caught it for himself.' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What do you say about when our dogs get mixed with other dogs.' He said: 'You only mentioned the Name of Allah over your dog, you did not mention it over the others.'"Sufyan said: "He disliked for him to eat it."

Chapter 7: What Has Been Related About Game Killed By The Mir'ad

Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim

Another chain with similar meaning.

Chapter 8: What Has Been Related About Slaughtering With Al-Marwah (Granite)

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah

That a man from his people hunted a rabbit or two and slaughtered them with Marwah. Then he hung them up until he met the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so he asked him about that, and he (ﷺ) told him to eat them.

Chapter 9: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked to Eat Masburah

Narrated Abu Ad-Darda'

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited eating the Mujath-thamah, and it is what is trapped and killed by arrows."

Narrated Umm Habibah bint Al-'Irbad

From her father: "On the day of Khaibar, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited eating the meat of every predator that has canine teeth, the meat of every bird that has talons, the meat of the domestic donkey, the Mujath-thamah, the Khalisah, and from having relations with a pregnant slave until she gives birth to what is in her womb."Muhammad bin Yahya said: "Abu 'Asim was asked about Mujath-thamah and he said: "To ensnare a bird or something and then shoot it." He was asked about Khalisah, so he said: "(Prey) that a man finds with a wolf or a predator, then he takes it from him but it dies in his hand before it can be slaughtered."

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited taking a living thing as a shooting target."

Chapter 10: What Has Been Related About Slaughtering The Fetus

Narrated Abu Sa'eed

That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Slaughtering the fetus is (achieved by) the slaughtering of its mother."

Chapter 11: What Has Been Related About It Being Disliked To Eat Anything That Possesses Canine Teeth Or Talons

Narrated Abu Tha'labah Al-Khushani

Another chain with similar meaning.

Narrated Jabir

"On the Day of Khaibar, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited eating domesticated donkeys, the meat of mules, every predator that possesses canine teeth, and every bird that possesses talons."

Narrated Abu Hurairah

"The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited every predator that possesses canine teeth."

Chapter 12: What Has Been Related About: Whatever Is Cut From Something Living, Then It Is Dead Flesh

Narrated Abu Waqid Al-Laithi

Another chain with similar meaning.

Chapter 13: What Has Been Related About Slaughtering At The Neck And Throat

Narrated Abu Al-'Ushara'

From his father that he said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Is there no slaughtering except upon the neck and the throat ?' He said: 'If you stab its thigh it would be accepted to you.'"

Chapter 14: What Has Been Related About Killing Geckos

Narrated Abu Hurairah

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever kills a gecko in one strike, he has such and such reward, and if he kills it on the second strike, he will have such and such reward, and if he kills it on the third strike, then he has such and such reward."