34/1. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1929h — Unknown Dog in the Hunt
Hunting with trained dogs and arrows
Hadith About Another Dog Joining the Hunting Dog
Sahih Muslim : 1929h
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1929h
وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الشَّعْبِيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ، - وَكَانَ لَنَا جَارًا وَدَخِيلاً وَرَبِيطًا بِالنَّهْرَيْنِ - أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ أُرْسِلُ كَلْبِي فَأَجِدُ مَعَ كَلْبِي كَلْبًا قَدْ أَخَذَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا أَخَذَ . قَالَ " فَلاَ تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ " .
Ash-Sha'bi Narrated from:
I heard Adi b. Hatim say-and he was our neighbour, and our partner and co worker at Nahrain-that he asked Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying: I let off my dog and find another dog along with my dog and that (any one of them) catches the (game), but I do not know which one had caught it, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Then don't eat that, for you recited the name of Allah while letting off your dog and did not recite on the other.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929hIn-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 8USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4739
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1929h
This hadith about hunting with dogs focuses on one problem: the hunter sends his dog, then finds another dog with it, and does not know which one caught the game. Adi b. Hatim asked the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم about this. The answer was not to eat it, because the hunter recited the name of Allah while letting off his own dog and did not recite it over the other dog. The point is certainty. The game is not treated the same when another dog may have caused the catch. For searches like trained dog hunting halal hadith or Bismillah before hunting hadith, this narration gives a focused rule: the hunter’s own act of sending and naming Allah must be connected to the catch.
What we learn from this hadith
- Do not eat the game when another dog may have caught it.
- The name of Allah was recited on the hunter’s dog, not the other dog.
- Certainty about the catcher matters in this ruling.
- The narration deals with a specific case of unknown dog participation.
