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Sunan Ibn Majah 3201 — Chapters on Hunting
Killing dogs except dogs used for hunting or farming
Sunan Ibn Majah : 3201
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 3201
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفًا، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ ثُمَّ قَالَ " مَا لَهُمْ وَلِلْكِلاَبِ " . ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لَهُمْ فِي كَلْبِ الزَّرْعِ وَكَلْبِ الْعِينِ . قَالَ بُنْدَارٌ الْعِينُ حِيطَانُ الْمَدِينَةِ .
It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Mughaffal that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded that dogs be killed, then he said: “What do they use dogs for?” Then he permitted them to keep farming dogs and dogs of ‘Ein. Bundar said: “The ‘Ein refers to the walls of Al-Madinah.”
[1] Bundār is Muhammad bin Bashshār one of those who narrated the Hadith to Ibn Mājah. Sindi (in explanation of Ibn Mājah ) quoted Damiri ( Ad-Dibājah ) saying that 'Ein is a mistake, and it is supposed to be Ghanim as appears in the versions recorded by Muslim and others. Ibn Athir ( An-Nihāyah ) said: "And from it is the Hadith : 'Allāh's Messenger ﷺ ordered killing the dogs of 'Ein, it is plural of A'yan .'" And he explained that it means wide eyed similar to its usage for Hurul-'Ain , (wide-eyed houris) and the Hadith he mentioned is recorded by Ahmad from 'A'ishah with a disconnected chain of narration. Ibn Manzur ( Lisānul-'Arab ) said similar to Ibn Athir.Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 3201In-book reference : Book 28, Hadith 2English translation : Vol. 4, Book 28, Hadith 3201
