صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الذبائح والصيدThe Book of Slaughtering and Hunting
بَابُ الصَّيْدِ إِذَا غَابَ عَنْهُ يَوْمَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثَةً:Chapter. If the hunter hits a game but does not catch it till two or three days have passed.
Hadith 5485
اُردوEn
وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى : عَنْ دَاوُدَ ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ عَدِيٍّ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَيَقْتَفِرُ أَثَرَهُ الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَالثَّلَاثَةَ ثُمَّ يَجِدُهُ مَيِّتًا وَفِيهِ سَهْمُهُ ، قَالَ : يَأْكُلُ إِنْ شَاءَ " .
And it has also been narrated by `Adi bin Hatim that he asked the Prophet "If a hunter throws an arrow at the game and after tracing it for two or three days he finds it dead but still bearing his arrow, (can he eat of it)?" The Prophet replied, "He can eat if he wishes."
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
This applies only in the case where the game has not become foul-smelling; otherwise, consuming it is not appropriate.
This applies only in the case where the game has not become foul-smelling; otherwise, consuming it is not appropriate.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 5485
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
These hadiths comprise the following categories:
➊ If a dog is released after reciting "Bismillah" and it catches the game and brings it to its owner, then it is permissible to eat it.
➋ If the dog eats from it itself, then it is not permissible for the owner to eat it.
➌ If, along with the hunting dog, other dogs also go and kill the game, then it is not permissible to eat such game.
➍ If the game is shot with an arrow, and then after two or three days the game is found and there is a mark of the arrow on it, then it is also permissible to eat it.
➎ If the game falls into water, then it should not be eaten.
(2)
It should be noted that if, after shooting the game with an arrow, it remains missing for two or three days and is then found, it can be eaten provided that the meat has not spoiled.
If the meat has developed a bad odor and has spoiled, then it should not be eaten, as is explicitly stated in a narration of Sahih Muslim.
(Sahih Muslim, al-Sayd wa’l-Dhaba’ih, Hadith: 4985 (1931), and Fath al-Bari: 9/757)
(1)
These hadiths comprise the following categories:
➊ If a dog is released after reciting "Bismillah" and it catches the game and brings it to its owner, then it is permissible to eat it.
➋ If the dog eats from it itself, then it is not permissible for the owner to eat it.
➌ If, along with the hunting dog, other dogs also go and kill the game, then it is not permissible to eat such game.
➍ If the game is shot with an arrow, and then after two or three days the game is found and there is a mark of the arrow on it, then it is also permissible to eat it.
➎ If the game falls into water, then it should not be eaten.
(2)
It should be noted that if, after shooting the game with an arrow, it remains missing for two or three days and is then found, it can be eaten provided that the meat has not spoiled.
If the meat has developed a bad odor and has spoiled, then it should not be eaten, as is explicitly stated in a narration of Sahih Muslim.
(Sahih Muslim, al-Sayd wa’l-Dhaba’ih, Hadith: 4985 (1931), and Fath al-Bari: 9/757)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5485
