A falcon that eats from its catch

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about game caught by a falcon, and he said: "Whatever the falcon catches for you, eat it."

Sa'id said: If the falcon eats from the game, do not eat it.

Ibrahim and al-Sha'bi said: Eat the game caught by a falcon, even if it has eaten from it itself.

It is also narrated from Jabir, from al-Sha'bi, that they (Ibrahim and al-Sha'bi) both said: Eat of the game caught by a falcon, even if it has eaten from it.

Makhul said regarding the hawk and the dog: If it takes some of the game, or eats from it, still eat it, even if it has eaten.

Al-Dahhak said: If a trained dog or a falcon eats something from the game, do not eat it.

Hammad said: If the hunting bird plucks the game or eats from it, you may eat from it too, for its training is only that it comes back to you.

Amir and al-Hakam said: If you send your hawk or your falcon after game, then call it and it comes back to you, that is its training. When you send such a bird after game and it eats from it, you may still eat it.

Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When you send your dog or your falcon after game, eat its catch, even if it has eaten a third of it.

Ikrimah said: If a falcon or a hawk eats from the game, do not eat it.

Al-Hasan and Ata were asked about the falcon and the hawk: if they eat from the game, what is the ruling? Ata said: In that case, do not eat it. Al-Hasan said: Eat it.

And al-Hasan said: Eat it.

Tawus considered game caught by a cheetah to be permissible.

Mujahid said: The cheetah is a hunting animal.

Hammad said: There is no harm in game caught by a cheetah.

Al-Zuhri said: There is no harm in game caught by a cheetah.

Al-Hasan said: The cheetah and the shahin falcon are like the dog.

Ibrahim disliked game from which a dog or a cheetah had eaten, but he saw no harm if a falcon ate from it, because the dog and the cheetah become greedy for eating the game, while the falcon does not.