[trained], so it catches for us? He said: "Eat." I said: "Even if it kills?" He said: "Eat, [so long as] (7) no other dog has joined it." He said: The Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - was asked about game caught with a mi'rad (throwing stick) (8), so he said: "Whatever it pierces, eat it, and whatever it kills with its breadth (side), do not eat it." (9) Both [traditions] are agreed upon. The scholars are in consensus regarding the permissibility of hunting and eating from the game.
1702 - Issue: Abu al-Qasim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: (And if he mentions the name of Allah and releases his dog or his trained cheetah, and it hunts and kills, and does not eat from it (1), its consumption is permissible.)
As for the game whose slaughter (dhakah) one catches, there are no conditions for its permissibility other than the validity of the slaughter; and for this reason, he, upon him be peace, said: "And whatever you hunt with your dog that is not trained, and you catch its slaughter, then eat." As for what the hunting animal kills (2), there are seven conditions for its permissibility; one of them is that the hunter must be from those qualified for
(7) Completion from sources of documentation. (8) Its definition will come at the beginning of issue 1714. (9) The first was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on If the Dog Eats, from the Book of Slaughters and Hunting. Sahih al-Bukhari 7/113. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on Hunting with Trained Dogs, from the Book of Hunting and Slaughters. Sahih Muslim 3/1529. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Hunting, from the Book of Hunting. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/97. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Said Regarding What Is Eaten of the Dog's Game and What Is Not Eaten, from the Chapters of Hunting. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 6/253. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on If the Dog Kills, and the Chapter on Hunting with a Mi'rad, from the Book of Hunting. Al-Mujtaba 7/160, 171. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/258. The second was recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on the Interpretation of Ambiguities, from the Book of Sales, and in: The Chapter on What the Mi'rad Hits with its Breadth, and the Chapter on If Another Dog Is Found with the Game, from the Book of Slaughters and Hunting. Sahih al-Bukhari 3/70, 71, 7/111, 114. And Muslim, in the previous chapter. Sahih Muslim 3/1529, 1530. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in the previous chapter. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/97, 99. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Said Regarding What Is Eaten of the Dog's Game and What Is Not Eaten, and the Chapter on What Has Been Said Regarding Hunting with a Mi'rad, from the Chapters of Hunting. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 6/253, 259. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Eating What Was Not Mentioned the Name of Allah Upon, the Chapter on Hunting with a Trained Dog, the Chapter on If the Dog Kills, the Chapter on the Dog Eating from the Game, the Chapter on What Hits with the Breadth from Hunting with a Mi'rad, and the Chapter on What Hits with the Edge from Hunting with a Mi'rad, Al-Mujtaba 7/159, 160, 162, 172. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Hunting with a Mi'rad, from the Book of Hunting. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1072. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on Hunting with a Mi'rad, from the Book of Hunting. Sunan al-Darimi 2/91. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/256, 377, 380. (1) Omitted from: M. (2) In M: "killed".
