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Killing DogsExcept Dogs Used ForHunting Or Farming

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Darussalam · Volume 4

28. Chapters On Hunting

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الحديث: 3201 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1068

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3201. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Mughaffal that the Messenger of Allāh 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. Bundār said: "The 'Ein refers to the walls of Al-Madinah."[1] (Sahih) [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 hours) and the Hadith he mentioned is recorded by Ahmad from 'Aishah with a disconnected chain of narration. Ibn Manzur (Lisānul-'Arab) said similar to Ibn Athir.

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3201 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفًا، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ: «مَا لَهُمْ وَلِلْكِلَابِ؟» ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لَهُمْ فِي كَلْبِ الزَّرْعِ، وَكَلْبِ الْعِينِ قَالَ بُنْدَارٌ: الْعِينُ حِيطَانُ الْمَدِينَةِ

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