Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 20889 — Hunting with the mirad (blunt shaft)

Makhul said: A man came to Sayyiduna Fadalah bin Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companion of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), with some small birds that he had hunted with a mi'rad. Some of them he had put in his bag, and some he had tied on a string. He said: "Some of these I slaughtered, and some died before I could slaughter them." Sayyiduna Fadalah said: "Eat those that you slaughtered, and do not eat those that you did not slaughter."