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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1470 (Book 18, Hadith 8) #27058
Hunting with Trained Dogs

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught that if one mentions the name of Allah when sending a trained dog to hunt, then they may eat from what it catches. However, if the dog eats from its catch, then one should not eat it as it is only for the dog.

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".
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ مُجَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْكَلْبِ الْمُعَلَّمِ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ الْمُعَلَّمَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَكُلْ مَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنْ أَكَلَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ خَالَطَتْ كِلاَبَنَا كِلاَبٌ أُخَرُ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا ذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تَذْكُرْ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ أَكْرَهُ لَهُ أَكْلَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ فِي الصَّيْدِ وَالذَّبِيحَةِ إِذَا وَقَعَا فِي الْمَاءِ أَنْ لاَ يَأْكُلَ ‏.‏ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي الذَّبِيحَةِ إِذَا قُطِعَ الْحُلْقُومُ فَوَقَعَ فِي الْمَاءِ فَمَاتَ فِيهِ فَإِنَّهُ يُؤْكَلُ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ ‏.‏ وَقَدِ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي الْكَلْبِ إِذَا أَكَلَ مِنَ الصَّيْدِ فَقَالَ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِذَا أَكَلَ الْكَلْبُ مِنْهُ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ ‏.‏ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ رَخَّصَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ فِي الأَكْلِ مِنْهُ وَإِنْ أَكَلَ الْكَلْبُ مِنْهُ
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hunting  *  dogs  *  eating  *  allah

QUICK LESSONS:
Mentioning God's Name before sending off a hunting animal

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith teaches us about hunting with trained dogs. It is permissible to hunt with a trained dog as long as one mentions the name of Allah before sending them off. If the animal catches something and eats from it, then we should not eat what was caught because that was meant for the animal itself. We can also infer that we should be mindful when our dogs are around other animals and make sure to mention Allah's name over our own animals so there is no confusion between them and other animals in terms of ownership or who gets to keep what they have caught. This hadith also teaches us about being mindful of our actions and how even small things like mentioning God's name can have an impact on our lives in terms of morality and ethics.

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