Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1468

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَأَجِدُ فِيهِ مِنَ الْغَدِ سَهْمِي قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِذَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ سَهْمَكَ قَتَلَهُ وَلَمْ تَرَ فِيهِ أَثَرَ سَبُعٍ فَكُلْ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ ‏.‏ وَرَوَى شُعْبَةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ وَعَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ وَكِلاَ الْحَدِيثَيْنِ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي ثَعْلَبَةَ الْخُشَنِيِّ ‏.‏

Translation

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ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim said: ‘Messenger of Allah, I shoot game and find my arrow in it the following day.’ The Prophet replied: ‘If you know your arrow killed it and find no trace of a predator on it, eat it.’ The report is ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ, and scholars act upon it. Shuʿbah narrated it both from Abū Bishr and from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Maysarah, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, from ʿAdī; both reports are sound. It is also reported from Abū Thaʿlabah al-Khushanī.