Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Do not make anything that has a soul a target."
Al-Bazzar recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Khallad bin Bazi'; no one has criticised him nor declared him trustworthy. The remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).