Bk 21 Games and the Animals
which May be Slaughtered and the Aninals that Are to be Eaten
(Kitab−us−Said wa'l−Dhaba'ih wa ma Yu'kalu min Al−Hayawan)
Chapter 1: HUNTING WITH THE HELP OF TRAINED DOGS Book, Number
4732:
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, I set off
trained dogs and they catch for me (the game) and I recite the
came of Allah over it (I slaughter the game by reciting
Bismillah−i−Allah−o−Akbar), whereupon he said: When you set
off your trained dogs and you recited the name of Allah (while
setting them off), then eat (the game). I said: Even if them
(the trained dogs) kill that (the game)? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Even if these kill, but (on the condition) that no other
dog, which you did not set off (along with your dogs),
participates (in catching the game). I said to him: I throw
Mi'rad, a heavy featherless blunt arrow, for hunting and
killing (the game). Thereupon he said: When you throw Mi'rad,
and it pierces, then eat, but if it falls flatly (and beats
the game to death), then do not eat that.
Bk 21, Number 4733:
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) saying: We are a people who hunt with these
(trained) dogs, then (what should we do)? Thereupon he (the
Holy Prophet) said: When you set of your trained dogs having
recited the name of Allah, then eat what these (hounds) have
caught for you, oven if it (the game) is killed, provided (the
hunting dog) has not eaten (any part of the game). If it has
eaten (the game), then you don't eat it as I fear that it
might have caught for its own self. And do not eat in case
other dogs have joined your trained dogs.
Bk 21, Number 4734:
'Adi b. Hatim reported that he asked the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) 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 (may peace be upon him) 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.
Bk 21, Number 4735:
Adi b. Hatim reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) about Mi'rad (i. e. hunting with the help of arrow
having a stub end, and he stated the same (as we find in the
previous hadith).
Bk 21, Number 4736:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Adi b.
Hatim with a slight variation of words.
Bk 21, Number 4737:
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) about hunting the game with the help of Mi'rad,
whereupon he said: If it strikes (the game) with its point,
then eat it, but if it strikes flat, that is (the game is)
beaten (into death), (then do not eat that) 'Adi further said:
I asked him about hunting with the help of a dog, whereupon he
said: If that (the dog) catches it (the game) for you and does
not eat out of that, then you eat (the game) for Dhakat
(slaughtering) of that is its being caught by it (by the dog).
But if you find another dog besides it, and you fear that that
dog (the second one) had caught it (the game) along with that
(your dog) and killed it. then don't eat; for you recited the
name of Allah on your dog and did not recite that on the other
one (which joined your dog incidentally).
Bk 21, Number 4739:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakariya b.
Abu Za'ida with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 21, Number 4739:
Sha'bi reported: 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.
Bk 21, Number 4740:
This hadith has been narrated oif the authority of 'Adi b.
Hatim through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 21, Number 4741:
Adi b. Hatim reported: Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon
him) said to me: When you let off your dog, recite the name of
Allah, and if it catches (game for you) and you find it alive,
then slaughter it; if you find it killed and that (your dog)
has eaten nothing out of that, (even then) you may eat it; but
if you find along with your dog another dog, and (the game an)
dead, then don't eat, for you do not know which of the two has
killed it. And if you shoot your arrow, recite the name of
Allah, but if it (game) goes out of your sight for a day and
you do not find on that but the mark of your arrow, then eat
that it you so like, but if you find it drowned in water, then
don't eat that.
Bk 21, Number 4742:
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) about hunting. He said: When you shoot your
arrow, recite the name of Allah, and if you find it (the
arrow) killed (that). then eat, except when you find it fallen
into water, for in that case you do not know whether it is
water that caused its death or your arrow.
Bk 21, Number 4743:
Abu Tha'laba al−Khushani reported: I came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, we are in
the land of the People of the Book, (so) we eat in their
utensils, and (live) in a hunting region. where I hunt with,
the help of my bow, and hunt with my trained dog, or with my
dog which is not trained. So inform me what is lawful (Halal)
for us out of that. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Regarding what
you have mentioned of the fact that you live in the land
belonging to the People of the Book and so you eat in their
utensils, but if you can get utensils other than theirs, then
don't eat in them; but if you do not find any, then wash them
and eat in them. And regarding what you have mentioned about
(your living) in a hunting region, what you hunt, (strike)
with the help of your bow, recite the name of Allah (while
shooting an arrow) and then eat; and what you catch with the
help of your trained dog, recite the name of Allah (while
letting oil) the dog and then eat it, and what you get with
the help of your untrained dog, (if you find it alive) and
slaughter it (according to the law of the Shari'ah), eat it.
Bk 21, Number 4744:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Haiwa with
the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of
words.
Chapter 2: WHEN THE GAME GOES OUT OF SIGHT, BUT IS LATER ON
FOUND
Bk 21, Number 4745:
Abu Tha'laba reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said this: If you shoot with your arrow and (the
game) goes out of your sight and you find it (later on), then
eat that if it has not gone rotten.
Bk 21, Number 4746:
Abu Tha'laba reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying about one who comes three days later on the game he
has shot: Eat it, provided it has not gone rotten.
Bk 21, Number 4747:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu
Tha'laba al− Khushani with a slight variation of (words): He
(the Holy Prophet) said in regard to the game killed by (a
trained) dog: Eat after three days provided it has not gone
rotten.
Chapter 3: IT IS UNLAWFUL TO EAT FANGED BEASTS OF PREY AND
BIRDS WITH TALONS
Bk 21, Number 4748:
Abu Tha'laba reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
prohibited the eating of every fanged beast of prey. Zuhri
added: We did not bear of it until we came to Syria.
Bk 21, Number 4749:
Abu Tha'laba al−Khushani reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) prohibited the eating of all fanged beasts.
Ibn Shihab said: I did not bear of this from our 'Ulama' in
the Hijaz, until Abu Idris narrated that to me and he was one
of the jurists of Syria.
Bk 21, Number 4750:
Abu Tha'laba al−Khushani reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) having prohibited the eating of all fanged beasts
of prey. This hadith has been narrated through another chain
of transmitters, but with a slight variation of words.
Bk 21, Number 4751:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The eating of all fanged beasts of prey is
unlawful. This hadith has been narrated through another chain
of transmitters.
Bk 21, Number 4752:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) prohibited the eating of all fanged beasts of prey, and
all the birds having talons.
Bk 21, Number 4753:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba.
Bk 21, Number 4754:
Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade (the eating) of all the fanged beasts of prey,
and of all the birds having talons.
Bk 21, Number 4755:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas
through a different chain of transmitters.
Chapter 4: IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO EAT THE ANIMALS OF WATER EVEN
IF THEY ARE DEAD Book, Number 4756:
Jabir reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) sent
us (on an expedition) and appointed Abu 'Ubaida our chief that
we might intercept a caravan of the Quraish and provided us
with a bag of dates. And he found for us nothing besides it.
Abu Ubaida gave each of us one date (everyday). I (Abu Zubair,
one of the narrators) said: What did you do with that? He
said: We sucked that just as a baby sucks and then drank water
over that, and it sufficed us for the day until night. We beat
off leaves with the help of our staffs, then drenched them
with water and ate them. We then went to the coast of the sea,
and there rose before us on the coast of the sea something
like a big mound. We came near that and we found that it was a
beast, called al−'Anbar (spermaceti whale). Abu 'Ubaida said.
It is dead. He then said: No (but it does not matter), we have
been sent by the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) in
the path of Allah and you are hard pressed (on account of the
scarcity of food), so you eat that. We three hundred in number
stayed there for a month, until we grew bulky. He (Jabir)
said: I saw how we extracted pitcher after pitcher full of fat
from the cavity of its eye, and sliced from it compact piece
of meat equal to a bull or like a bull. Abu 'Ubaida called
forth thirteen men from us and he made them sit in the cavity
of its eye, and he took hold of one of the ribs of its chest
and made it stand and then saddled the biggest of the camels
we had with us and it passed under it (the arched rib), and we
provided ourselves with pieces of boiled meat (especially for
use in our journey). When we came back to Medina, we went to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and made a mention
of that to him, whereupon he said: That was a provision which
Allah had brought forth for you. Is there any piece of meat
(left) with you, so tnat you give to us that? He (Jabir) said:
We sent to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) tome of
that (a piece of meat) and he ate it.
Bk 21, Number 4757:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace he
upon him) sent us (on an expedition). We were three hundred
riders and our chief (leader) was 'Ubaida b. al−Jarrah. We
were on the look out for a caravan of the Quraish. So we
stayed on the coast for half a month, and were so much
afflicted by extreme hunger that we (were obliged) to eat
leaves. That is why it was called the Detachment of the
Leaves. The ocean cast out for us an animal which was called
al−'Anbar (whale). We ate of that for half of the month and
rubbed its fat on our (bodies) until our bodies became stout.
Abu 'Ubaida caught hold of one of its ribs and fixed that up.
He then cast a glance at the tallest man of the army and the
highest of the camels. and then made him ride over that, and
that−tnan passed beneath it (the rib), and many a man could
sit in its eye−socket, and we extracted many pitchers of fat
from the cavity of its eye. We had small bags containing dates
with us (before finding the whale). 'Ubaida gave every person
amongst us a handful of dates (and when the provision ran
short), he then gave each one of us one date. And when that
(stock) was exhausted, we felt its loss.
Bk 21, Number 4758:
'Amr reported on the authority of Jabir that in the expedition
of Khabat (leaves) a person slaughtered three camels, then
three, then three, then Abu 'Ubaida forbade him (to do so
fearing that the rides may become short).
Bk 21, Number 4759:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) sent us (on an expedition), and we were three
hundred in number, and we were carrying our bags of provisions
around our necks.
Bk 21, Number 4760:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) sent on in expedition a detachment consisting of
three hundred (persons) and appointed Abu 'Ubaida b. Jarrah as
their chief. Their provisions ran short: 'Abu 'Ubaida
collected their provisions in the provision bag. and he fed us
(for some time). Later on when the provisions ran short he
gave us one date every day.
Bk 21, Number 4761:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) sent an expedition to the sea coast and I was one
among them. The rest of the hadith is the same with a slight
variation of wording that in the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Wahb b. Kaisan (the words are):" The army ate out
of that (the whale) for eighteen days."
Bk 21, Number 4762:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) sent an expedition to the land of the tribe of
Juhaina, and appointed a person as a chief over them.
Chapter 5: THE EATING OF THE FLESH OF DOMESTIC ASSES IS
UNLAWFUL
Bk 21, Number 4763:
'Ali b. Abi Talib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) forbade on the Day of Khaibar temporary marriage
(Muta') with women and the eating of the flesh of domestic
asses.
Bk 21, Number 4764:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri
through a different chain of transmitters with a slight
variation of wording.
Bk 21, Number 4765:
Abu Tha'laba reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) prohibited (the eating) of the flesh of domestic
asses.
Bk 21, Number 4766:
Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon
him) forbade the eating of the flesh of domestic asses.
Bk 21, Number 4767:
Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade the eating of the (flesh) of domestic asses on
the Day of Khaibar in spite of the fact that people needed
that.
Bk 21, Number 4768:
Shaibani reported: I asked 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa about (the
lawfulness or unlawfulness of) the flesh of the domestic
asses. He said: We experienced hunger on the Day of Khaibar as
we were with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).
We found domestic asses in the exterior of Medina. We
slaughtered them and our earthen pots were boiling when the
announcer of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
made an announcement that the earthen pots should be turned
upside down and nothing of the flesh of the domestic asses
should be eaten. I said: What kind of prohibition is it that
he (the Holy Prophet) has made? He said: We discussed it
amongst −ourselves. Some of us aaid that it has been declared
unlawful for ever, (whereas others said) it has been declared
unlawful since one−fifth (of the booty) has not been given (to
the treasury, as is legally required).
Bk 21, Number 4769:
Sulaiman Shaibini reported: I heard Abdullah b. Abu Aufa say:
We were smitten with hunger during the nights of Khaibar. On
the Day of Khaibar, we fell upon domestic asses and we
slaughtered them, and when our earthen pots boiled with them,
the announcer of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
made an annoancement that the earthen pots should be turned
over, and nothing should be eaten of the flesh of the domestic
asses. Some of the people said that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) had forbidden (the use of this flesh) for
one−fifth (due to the State) has not been paid, while others
said: He prohibited it for ever.
Bk 21, Number 4770:
'Adi (he was the son of Thabit) said: I heard al−Bara' and
'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa say: We found domestic asses and we
cooked them. Then the announcer of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) made an announcement that the earthen pots
should be turned over.
Bk 21, Number 4771:
Al−Bara' said: We found on the Day of Khaibar domestic asses,
and the announcer of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) made an announcement that the earthen pots should be
turned over.
Bk 21, Number 4772:
Bara was heard saying: We were forbidden (to eat) the flesh of
the domestic asses.
Bk 21, Number 4773:
Bara' b. 'Azib reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) commanded us to throw away the flesh of domestic asses
whether uncooked or cooked; he then never commanded us to eat
that. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Asim
with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 21, Number 4774:
Ibn 'Abbas reported: I do not know whether Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) prohibited (the eating of the domestic
ass) due to the fact that they were the beasts of burden for
the people, so he (the Holy Prophet) did not like their beasts
of burden to be destroyed (as a matter of expediency), or he
prohibited the use of the flesh of domestic asses (not as an
expediency but as a law of the Shari'ah) on the Day of
Khaibar.
Bk 21, Number 4775:
Salama b. Akwa' reported: We went to Khaibar with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). Then Allah granted (us)
victory over them. On that very evening of the day when they
had been granted victory, they lit many fires. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What are those
fires and what for those have been lit? They said: (These have
been lit) for (cooking) the flesh. Thereupon he said: Of what
flesh? They said: For the flesh of the domestic asses.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace bo upon him) said:
Throw that away and break them (the earthen pots in which the
fiesa was being cooked). A person said: Messenger of Allah,
should we throw it away and wash them (the cooking pots)? He
said: You may do so.
Bk 21, Number 4776:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Yazid b.
Abu Ubaid.
Bk 21, Number 4777:
Anas reported: When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
conquered Khaibar, we caught hold of the asses outside the
village. We cooked them (their flesh). Then the announcer of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) made the
announcement: Listen, verily Allah and His Messenger have
prohibited you (the eating of) their (flesh), for it is a
loathsome evil of Satan's doing. Then the earthen pots were
turned over along with what was in them, and these were
brimming (with flesh) at that time.
Bk 21, Number 4778:
Anas b. Malik reported: When it was the Day of Khaibar a
visitor came and said: Messenger of Allah, the asses have been
eaten. Then another came and said: Messenger of Allah, the
asses are being destroyed. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) commanded Abu Talha to make an announcement that
Allah and His Messenger have prohibited you (from eating) of
the flesh of (domestic) asses, for these are loathsome or
impure. He (the narrator) said: The earthein pots were turned
over along with what was in them.
Chapter 6: PERTAINING TO THE EATING OF THE FLESH OF THE HORSE
Bk 21, Number 4779:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) prohibited eating of the flesh of domestic asses
on the Day of Khaibar, and permitted the cooking of the flesh
of horses.
Bk 21, Number 4780:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah is reported to have said: We ate during the
time of Khaibar the (flesh) of horses and of wild asses, but
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) prohibited us (to
eat) the flesh of domestic asses. This hadith has hen
transmitted on the authority of Ibn Juraij.
Bk 21, Number 4781:
Asma' reported: We slaughtered a horse and ate it during the
lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Bk 21, Number 4782:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Hisham.
Chapter 7: PERTAINING TO THE FLESH OF THE LIZARD
Bk 21, Number 4783:
Ibn 'Umar reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard,
whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its
prohibitor.
Bk 21, Number 4784:
Ibn 'Umar reported: A person asked Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) about the eating of the lizard, whereupon
he said. I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.
Bk 21, Number 4785:
Ibn 'Umar reported that a person asked Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as he was sitting on the pulpit about the
eating of the lizard, whereupon he said: I neither eat it, nor
do I prohibit it.
Bk 21, Number 4786:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah
with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 21, Number 4787:
A hadith pertaining to the eating of the lizard is transmitted
from the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) on the authority
of Ibn 'Umar, but in this very hadith narrated through a
different chain of transmitters there is a slight variation of
wording (and the words are):" A lizard was brought to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) but he neither ate that nor
declared it unlawful." And in the hadith transmitted through
Usama (the words are):" The man (inquirer) was standing in the
mosque and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was
sitting on the pulpit."
Bk 21, Number 4788:
Ibn 'Umar reported that there were some persons with Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) from among his Companions,
Sa'd being one of them. There was brought to them the flesh of
the lizard when a lady amongst the wives of Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) said: It is the flesh of the lizard.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) &aid: Eat,
for it is lawful, but it is not my diet.
Bk 21, Number 4789:
Taubat Al−'Anbari reported: Al−Sha'bi (one of the narrators)
asked me if I had heard the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Hasan from the Prophet (may peace be upon him).
He said: I sat in the company if Ibn 'Umar for two years or a
year and a half but I did not hear narrated from Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) but this one (pertaining to
the flesh of the lizard) as narrated by Mu'adh.
Bk 21, Number 4790:
'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported: I and Khalid b. Walid went to
the apartment of Maimuna along with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him), and there was presented to him a roasted
lizard. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stretched
his hand towards It, whereupon some of the women who had been
in the house of Maimuna said: Inform Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) what he intends to eat. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) lifted his hand. I said: Messenger of
Allah, Is it forbidden? He said: No. It is not found in the
land of my people, and I feel that I have no liking for it.
Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, while, Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was looking (at me).
Bk 21, Number 4791:
'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that Khalid b. Walid who is
called the Sword of Allah had informed him that he visited
Maimuna, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
in the company of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him),
and she was the sister of his mother (that of Khalid) and that
of 'Ibn Abbas, and he found with her a roasted lizard which
her sister Hufaida the daughter of al−Harith had brought from
Najd, and she presented that lizard to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). It was rare that some food was presented
to the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) and it was not
mentioned or named. While Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) was about to stretch forth his hand towards the lizard, a
woman from amongst the women present there informed the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) what they had
presented to him. They said: Messenger of Allah, it is a
lizard. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) withdrew his
hand, whereupon Khalid b. Walid said: Messenger of Allah, is a
lizard forbidden? There opon he said: No, but it is not found
in the land of my people, and I feel that I have no liking for
it. Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was looking at me and he did
not forbid (me to eat it).
Bk 21, Number 4792:
Khalid b. Walid reported that he visited Maimuna daughter of
al−Harith with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him),
and she was the sister of his mother. She presented to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) the flesh of a lizard which
Umm Hufaid daughter of al−Harith had brought from Najd, and
she had been married to a person belonging to Banu Ja'far. It
was the habit of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) not
to eat anything until he knew what that was. The rest of the
hadith is the same but with this (addition):" Ibn al−Asamm
narrated it from Maimuna and he was under her care."
Bk 21, Number 4793:
Ibn 'Abbas reported: While we were in the house of Maimuna
there were brought to Allah's Messenger two roasted lizards.
Here no mention is made of al− 'Asamm narrating from Maimuna.
Bk 21, Number 4794:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that there had been brought to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) the flesh of a lizard and
Khalid b. Walid was also present there. The rest of the hadith
is the same.
Bk 21, Number 4795:
Sa'id b. Jubair reported that he heard Ibn 'Abbas says: The
sister of my mother Umm Hufaid presented to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) clarified butter (ghee), cheese and
some lizards. He ate out of the clarified butter and cheese,
but lett the lizard finding no liking for it. But it was eaten
on the table of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Had
it been forbidden (haram), it could not be eaten on the table
of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Bk 21, Number 4796:
Yazid b. al−Asamm reported: A newly wedded person of Medina
invited us to a wedding feast, and he served us thirteen
lizards. There were those who ate it and those who abandoned
it. I met Ibn 'Abbas the next day, and informed him (about
this) in the presence of many persons. Some of them said that
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) had observed: I
neither eat it nor forbid (anyone) from eating it, nor declare
it to be unlawful. Thereupon Ibn 'Abbas said: Sad it is what
you say! Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) has not been
sent, but (to declare in clear words) the lawful and the
unlawful (things). We were once with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be. upon him) as he was with Maimuna, and there were
with him al−Fadl b. 'Abbas, Khalid b. Walid and some women
(also) when a tray of food containing flesh was presented to
him. As Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was about to
eat that, Maimuna said: It is the flesh of the lizard. He
withdrew his hand saying: That is the flesh which I never eat;
but he said to them (those who were present there): You may
eat. Al−Fadl ate out of that, so did Khalid b Walid, and the
women. Maimuna (however) said: I do not eat anything but that
which Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) eats.
Bk 21, Number 4797:
Abu Zubair reported that he heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah saying
that there was presented to Allah's Messenger (the flesh) of
the lizard, but he refused to eat that, saying: I do not know;
perhaps it (lizard) might (be one of those natives of) the
distant past whose (forms) had beer, distorted.
Bk 21, Number 4798:
Abu Zubair reported: I asked Jabir about ithe eating) of the
lizard, whereupon he said: Don't eat that as he (the Holy
Prophet) felt disgust. He (the narrator) said that Umar b.
al−Khattab reminded: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
did not declare it to be unlawful. Allah, the Exalted and
Majestic, has (made it a source) of benefit for more than one
(persons). It is a common diet of the shepherds. Had it been
with me, I would have eaten that.
Bk 21, Number 4799:
Abu Sa'id reported that a person said: Messenger of Allah, we
live in a land abounding in lizards, so what do you command or
what verdict you give (about eating of it)? Thereupon he said:
It was mentioned to me that a people from among Bani Isra'il
were distorted (so there is a likelihood that those people
might have been distorted in the shape of lizards). So he
neither commanded (us to eat that) nor forbade (us). Abu Sa'id
said: After some time Umar said: Allah, the Exalted and
Majestic, has made it (a source of) benefit for more than one
(person), for it is the common diet of shepherds. Had it been
with me, I would have eaten that. Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) disliked it.
Bk 21, Number 4800:
Abu Sa'id reported that an Arab of the desert came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: I live in a low
land abounding in lizards, and these are the common diet of my
family, but he (the Holy Prophet) did not make any reply. We
said to him: Repeat it (your problem) and so he repeated it,
but he did not make any reply. (It was repeated thrice ) Then
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) called him out at
the third time saying: O man of the desert, verily Allah
cursed or showed wrath to a tribe of Bani Isra'il and
distorted them to beasts which move on the earth. I do not
know, perhaps this (lizard) may be one of them. So I do not
eat it, nor do I prohibit the eating of it.
Chapter 8: PERMISSIBILITY OF EATING LOCUSTS
Bk 21, Number 4801:
Ibn Abu Aufa reported: We went on seven expeditions with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and ate locusts.
Bk 21, Number 4802:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ya'fur
with the same chain of transmitters. Abu Bakr (one of the
narrators) said" seven expeditions," whereas Ishaq said" six,"
and Ibn Umar said" six" or" seven".
Bk 21, Number 4803:
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Ya'fur with
the same chain of transmitters, and he mentioned seven
expeditions.
Chapter 9: PERMISSIBILITY OF EATING THE FLESH OF THE HARE
Bk 21, Number 4804:
Anas b. Malik reported: We chased a hare at Marr az−Zahrin (a
valley near Mecca). They (my companions) ran, but felt
exhausted; I also tried until I caught hold of it. I brought
it to Abu Talha. He slaughtered it and sent its haunch and two
hind legs to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) through
me; and he accepted them. This hadith has been transmitted on
the authority of Yahya with a slight change of wording.
Chapter 10: IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO MAKE USE OF THINGS NECESSARY
FOR HUNTING AND CHASING BUT THE USE OF SMALL PEBBLES IS
DISAPPROVED
Bk 21, Number 4805:
Ibn Buraida reported that Abdullah b. al−Mughaffal saw a
person from amongst his companions throwing small pebbles,
whereupon he said: Don't throw pebbles. for Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) did not like it, or he forbade
flinging of pebbles since neither the game is taken thereby,
nor an enemy defeated. but it may break a tooth or put out an
eye. He, afterwards, again saw him flinging pebbles, and said
to him: I inform you that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) did not approve or he forbade flinging of pebbles,
but if I see you again flinging pebbles. I will not speak with
you.
Bk 21, Number 4806:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Kahmas.
Bk 21, Number 4807:
'Abdullah b. Mughaffal reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) prohibited throwing of pebbles. Ibn Ja'far
reported (in the narration transmitted by him) that he (the
Holy Prophet) said: It neither inflicts defeat to the enemy
nor kills the game but breaks the tooth and puts the eye out.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Mahdi
with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 21, Number 4808:
Sa'id b. Jubair reported that. a near one of 'Abdullah b.
Mughaffal threw pebbles. He prohibited him (to do so). He said
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had prohibited
the throwing of pebbles by saying: It does not catch the game,
nor does it inflict defeat on the enemy, but breaks the tooth
and puts the eye out. He (the near one of Abdullah b.
Mughadal) again repeated it (the act of throwing of pebbles)
whereupon he said: I narrate to you that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon hish) disliked and prohibited throwing of
pebbles, but I see you again throwing pebbles; I (would
therefore) not speak with you.
Bk 21, Number 4809:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub with
the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 11: GOOD ATTITUDE EVEN IN SLAUGHTER AND KILLING AND
SHARPENING OF LARGE KNIFE
Bk 21, Number 4810:
Shaddid b. Aus said: Two are the things which I remember
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: Verily
Allah has enjoined goodness to everything; so when you kill,
kill in a good way and when you slaughter, slaughter in a good
way. So every one of you should sharpen his knife, and let the
slaughtered animal die comfortably.
Bk 21, Number 4811:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Khalid
al−Hadhdha' through different chains o transmitters.
Chapter 12: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO TIE THE ANIMALS (AND THEN KILL
THEM)
Bk 21, Number 4812:
Hishim b. Zaid b. Anas b. Milik reported: I visited the house
of al−Hakam b. Ayyub along with my grandfather Anas b. Milik,
(and there) some people had made a hen a target and were
shooting arrows at her. Thereupon Asas said that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) had forbidden tying of the
animals (and making them the targets of arrows, etc.). This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba through
other chains of transmitters.
Chapter 13: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO TIE THE ANIMAL AND MAKE IT A
TARGET OF ARROWS
Bk 21, Number 4813:
Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
having said this: Do not make anything having life as a
target.
Bk 21, Number 4814:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba
through a different chain of transmitters.
Bk 21, Number 4815:
Sa'id b. Jubair reported that Ibn 'Umar happened to pass by a
party of men who had tied a hen and were shooting arrows at
it. As soon as they saw Ibn 'Umar, they scattered from it.
Thereupon Ibn Umar said: Who has done this? Verily Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) has invoked curse upon him
who does this.
Bk 21, Number 4816:
Sa'id b. Jubair reported that Ibn 'Umar happened to pass by
some young men of the Quraish who had tied a bird (and th, is
made it a target) at which they had been shooting arrows Every
arrow that they missed came into the possession of the owner
of the bird. So no sooner did they see Ibn 'Umar they went
away. Thereupon Ibn 'Umar said: Who has done this? Allah has
cursed him who does this. Verily Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) invoked curse upon one who made a live thing the
target (of one's marksmanship).
Bk 21, Number 4817:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) forbade that any beast should be killed after it
has been tied.
