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Sahih al-Bukhari 5486 (Book 72, Hadith 12) #5262
Rules of Hunting and Eating Game

SUMMARY: This hadith explains the rules of hunting and eating game that has been killed by a hound or a Mi'rad.

Narrated 'Adi bin Hatim: I said, "O Allah's Messenger ! I let loose my hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending it". The Prophet said, "If you let loose your hound after a game and you mention Allah's Name on sending it and the hound catches and kills the game and eats of it, then you should not eat of it, for it has killed it for itself". I said, "Sometimes when I send my hound after a game, I find another hound along with it and I do not know which of them has caught the game". He said, "You must not eat of it because you have not mentioned, the Name of Allah except on sending your own hound, and you did not mention it on the other hound". Then I asked him about the game hunted with a Mi'rad (ie a sharp edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting). He said, "If the game is killed with its sharp edge, you can eat of it, but if it is killed by its broad side (shaft), you cannot eat of it, for then it is like an animal beaten to death with a piece of wood".
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي السَّفَرِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي وَأُسَمِّي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ وَسَمَّيْتَ، فَأَخَذَ فَقَتَلَ فَأَكَلَ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ، فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي أَجِدُ مَعَهُ كَلْبًا آخَرَ، لاَ أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَيْدِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ إِذَا أَصَبْتَ بِحَدِّهِ، فَكُلْ، وَإِذَا أَصَبْتَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَقَتَلَ، فَإِنَّهُ وَقِيذٌ، فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ

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hunting  *  eating  *  hounds  *  mirad

QUICK LESSONS:
Remember to thank Allah before letting loose your hound after a game

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith explains the rules of hunting and eating game that has been killed by a hound or a Mi'rad. According to the Prophet Muhammad, if you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending it, then you can eat from it if it catches and kills the game. However, if there is another hound with yours when you find the game, then you cannot eat from it because you did not mention Allah's Name on sending that other hound. Additionally, if the game is killed with its sharp edge of the Mi'rad then one can eat from it but not if it is killed by its broad side or shaft as this would be like an animal beaten to death with a piece of wood. This hadith teaches us to be mindful when hunting animals for food as we should always remember to thank Allah for providing us sustenance in our lives.

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