It is forbidden to throw stones (with the thumb and the index or middle finger).
Darussalam · Volume 8
78 - THE BOOK OF AL-ADABSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 6220 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 49
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6220. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin Mughaffal Al-Muzānī: The Prophet ﷺ forbade the throwing of stones (with the thumb and the index or middle finger), and said "It neither hunts a game nor kills (or hurts) an enemy, but it gouges out an eye or breaks a tooth."
6220 - حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ صُهْبَانَ الأَزْدِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ المُزَنِيِّ، قَالَ: نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الخَذْفِ، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ لاَ يَقْتُلُ الصَّيْدَ، وَلاَ يَنْكَأُ العَدُوَّ، وَإِنَّهُ يَفْقَأُ العَيْنَ، وَيَكْسِرُ السِّنَّ»
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