Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

We provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran till it started jumping. My companions chased it till they got
tired. But I alone ran after it and caught it and brought it to Abu Talha. He sent both its legs to the
Prophet who accepted them.

that once he was with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (on the way to Mecca). When he had covered some of the way
to Mecca, he and some companions of his, who were in the state of lhram. remained behind the
Prophet while Abu Qatada himself was not in the state of Ihram. Abu Qatada, seeing an onager rode
his horse and asked his companions to hand him a whip, but they refused. He then asked them to hand
him his spear, but they refused. Then he took it himself and attacked the onager and killed it. Some of
the Companions of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ate of it, but some others refused to eat. When they met Allah’s
Apostle they asked him about that. He said, “It was meal given to you by Allah.”

And it has also been narrated by `Adi bin Hatim that he asked the Prophet (ﷺ)
“If a hunter throws an arrow at the game and after tracing it for two or three days he finds it dead but
still bearing his arrow, (can he eat of it)?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “He can eat if he wishes.”

I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I let loose my hound after a game and mention Allah’s Name on sending
it.” The Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (i.e. 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.”

I asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), “We hunt with these hounds.” He said, “If you send your trained hounds after
a game and mention Allah’s Name on sending, you can eat of what they catch for you. But if the
hound eats of the game, then you must not eat of it, for I am afraid that the hound caught it for itself,
and if another hound joins your hounds (during the hunt), you should not eat of the game.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If someone keeps a dog neither for guarding livestock, nor for hunting, his good
deeds will decrease (in reward) by two Qirats a day.’

I asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). “We hunt with the help of these hounds.” He said, “If you let loose your
trained hounds after a game, and mention the name of Allah, then you can eat what the hounds catch
for you, even if they killed the game. But you should not eat of it if the hound has eaten of it, for then
it is likely that the hound has caught the game for itself. And if other hounds join your hound in
hunting the game, then do not eat of it.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah’s Name on sending it,
and the hound catches the game and kills it, then you can eat of it. But if the hound eats of it, then you
should not eat thereof, for the hound has caught it for itself. And if along with your hound, joined other
hounds, and Allah’s Name was not mentioned at the time of their sending, and they catch an animal
and kill it, you should not eat of it, for you will not know which of them has killed it. And if you have
thrown an arrow at the game and then find it (dead) two or three days later and, it bears no mark other
than the wound inflicted by your arrow, then you can eat of it. But if the game is found (dead) in
water, then do not eat of it.”

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “If someone keeps a dog neither for hunting, nor for guarding livestock,
the reward (for his good deeds) will be reduced by two Qirats per day.”

that he saw a man throwing stones with two fingers (at something) and said to him, “Do not throw
stones, for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) has forbidden throwing stones, or he used to dislike it.” `Abdullah added:
Throwing stones will neither hunt the game, nor kill (or hurt) an enemy, but it may break a tooth or
gouge out an eye.” Afterwards `Abdullah once again saw the man throwing stones. He said to him, “I
tell you that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) has forbidden or disliked the throwing the stones (in such a way), yet you
are throwing stones! I shall not talk to you for such-and-such a period.”