It (5) is subject to the same conditions we mentioned regarding the hunting beast, with the exception of training. Tasmiyah is required upon releasing the arrow, upon thrusting if it is a spear, and upon striking if it is of the kind that strikes, because that is the action originating from him. If the tasmiyah precedes it by a short time, it is permissible, just as we mentioned regarding the intention in acts of worship. It is required that he intends the game; if he shoots at a target and hits game, or intends to shoot at a person or a stone, or shoots in play without intending game and kills it, it is not lawful. If he intends game and hits both it and something else, both are lawful, and the hunting beast is in this regard in the position of the arrow. Ahmad has explicitly stated these rulings. This is the view of al-Thawri, Qatada, Abu Hanifa, and al-Shafi'i, except that al-Shafi'i said: If he releases the dog at a game, and it takes another in its path, it is lawful; but if it swerved from its path to it, there are two views regarding it. Malik said: If he releases his dog at a specific game, and it takes another, it is not permitted because he did not intend its hunting, unless he releases it at large game and they scatter from small ones, for then they are permitted if it takes them. Our evidence is the general implication of His saying, the Most High: "So eat of what they catch for you" (Quran 5:4). And his saying, peace be upon him: "If you release your dog, and you have mentioned the name of Allah over it, then eat of what it has caught for you." And the Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) saying: "Eat what your bow has returned to you." And because he released the hunting tool at game, so what it hunted becomes lawful,