72/9. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5486 — Mi'rad and Hunting Dog Rules
If somebody finds another hound with the game
Mi'rad Hunting Hadith: Sharp Edge, Bismillah, and Trained Hounds
Sahih Bukhari : 5486
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5486
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 صلى الله عليه وسلم " 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 ".
`Adi bin Hatim Narrated from:
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."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5486In-book reference : Book 72, Hadith 12USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 394
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5486
This Mi'rad hunting hadith gives careful guidance about how hunted game becomes fit to eat. Adi bin Hatim says he sends his hound and mentions Allah’s Name. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم explains that if the hound catches, kills, and then eats from the game, the hunter should not eat it because the hound caught it for itself. If another hound is found with it and the hunter does not know which dog caught it, he should not eat it, since Allah’s Name was mentioned only over his own hound. Then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم explains the Mi'rad: if it kills with the sharp edge, the game may be eaten; if it kills with the broad side, it is treated like an animal beaten to death.
What we learn from this hadith
- Mention Allah’s Name when sending the hunting hound.
- Do not eat game if the hound eats from it.
- Do not eat game when an unknown hound may have caught it.
- A Mi'rad’s sharp edge and broad side are treated differently.
