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Regarding Hunting

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Darussalam · Volume 3

16. The Book Of Sacrifices(المعجم ١٦) - أَوَّلُ كِتَابِ الصُّحَاحِ

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الحديث: 2853 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 109

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2853. It was reported from Dāwud, from 'Āmir, from 'Adī bin Hātīm that he said: "O Messenger of Allāh! One of us shoots game, and then he tracks it for two or three days and finds it dead, and his arrow is in it; can he eat it?" He said: "Yes, if he wants to," or he said: "He can eat it, if he wants to." (Sahih)

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2853 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُعَاذِ بْنِ خُلَيْفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَدُنَا يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَيَقْتَفِي أَثَرَهُ الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةَ، ثُمَّ يَجِدُهُ مَيِّتًا وَفِيهِ سَهْمُهُ أَيَأْكُلُ؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ إِنْ شَاءَ» أَوْ قَالَ: «يَأْكُلُ إِنْ شَاءَ»

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If there are reasons to believe that the animal was killed by the hunter's own arrow, eating it is lawful provided that the meat has not gone bad.