Ruling on Game Hunted by a Polytheist's Dog

Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) considered hunting with a polytheist’s dog to be disliked. Hazrat Zuhri says that if you yourself hunt with his dog, then there is no harm in it.

20776 - He said: (and) (1) Al-Zuhri said: If you are the one hunting with it, then there is no harm.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) considered hunting with the dog of a Magian, Jew, or Christian to be disliked.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a Muslim can neither hunt with the dog of a Magian nor eat what it has hunted.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) considered it disliked for a Muslim to seek help from a Magian's dog in hunting; however, in his view, one may hunt with the help of a Jew's or Christian's dog.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) considered it disliked to hunt with the dog of a Magian.

Hazrat Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) says that his dog is like his knife.

Hazrat Jabir, may Allah have mercy on him, says that the game and slaughter of Jews and Christians is lawful. However, there is no good in the game and slaughter of the Magians.

Hazrat Jabir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that there is no good in the game hunted by a Magian, his falcon, or his dog.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) considered hunting with the dog of a Magian to be disliked.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) considered it disliked for a Muslim to borrow a dog from a Magian, Christian, or Jew and hunt with it. He cited as evidence the verse of the Noble Qur'an (wa ma 'allamtum), saying that in it, the address is directed to Muslims.

Hazrat Abu Ja'far, may Allah have mercy on him, declared hunting with the dog of a Magian to be disliked.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) considered the game hunted by a Magian to be disliked.

Hazrat Sufyan, may Allah have mercy on him, says that the hunting of a Magian's dog is disliked unless it has been trained by a Muslim.