34/1. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1929c — Arrow, Dog, and Certainty
Hunting with trained dogs and arrows
Halal Hunting Rules in Islam: Dogs, Mi‘rad, and Certainty
Sahih Muslim : 1929c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1929c
وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ، أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْمِعْرَاضِ فَقَالَ " إِذَا أَصَابَ بِحَدِّهِ فَكُلْ وَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِعَرْضِهِ فَقَتَلَ فَإِنَّهُ وَقِيذٌ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ " . وَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْكَلْبِ فَقَالَ " إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَكُلْ فَإِنْ أَكَلَ مِنْهُ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ " . قُلْتُ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كَلْبًا آخَرَ فَلاَ أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَهُ قَالَ " فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ " .
`Adi bin Hatim Narrated from:
Adi b. Hatim reported that he asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about (hunting) with the help of an arrow having a stub end. He said: If it strikes (the game) with its point, then eat, but if it strikes flatly and it dies, that is Waqidh (beaten into death), do not eat that.I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about (hunting with the help of) dogs, whereupon he said. When you send your dog (for hunting) reciting the name of Allah, then eat (the game), but if some part of it is eaten (by the dogs, then do not eat that, for it (your dog) has caught that (the-game) for itself. I (again) said: If I find along with my dog another dog, and do not know which of (the dogs) has caught (the game). then (what should I do)? Thereupon he ('Allah's Messenger) said: Then don't eat that, for you recited the name of Allah on your dog and not on the other one.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929cIn-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 3USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4734
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1929c
This hadith gives a detailed answer about halal hunting rules in Islam. Adi b. Hatim asked about an arrow with a stub end. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that if it strikes with its point, the game may be eaten. If it strikes flatly and the animal dies, it is Waqidh, meaning beaten to death in the wording of the translation, and it should not be eaten. Then Adi asked about dogs. If the dog is sent with Allah’s name, the game may be eaten. If the dog eats from it, it should not be eaten. If another dog is found and the hunter does not know which dog caught the game, it should not be eaten, because Allah’s name was recited on one dog and not the other.
What we learn from this hadith
- A pointed strike and a flat strike are treated differently.
- Game eaten by the hunting dog is not eaten by the hunter.
- Uncertainty about which dog caught the game affects the ruling.
- The name of Allah is tied to the hunter’s own sent dog.
