A man who strikes game and severs a limb from it

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: "If a hunter strikes the leg of a wild ass and cuts it off, what is the ruling?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Throw away the part that has been cut off, and slaughter the rest of the animal and eat it."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When someone strikes game and one of its limbs is cut off, he should not eat the severed limb, and he may eat the rest.

Alqamah said: If a man strikes game and one of its limbs is separated, he should leave the limb that fell and eat what remains.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: He should leave the severed limb and eat the rest; and if he cuts it clean in two, let him eat all of it.

The same is reported from Mujahid.

Something similar is reported from Ata.

Ata said: If a limb is separated from the game, he should leave it and slaughter the rest and eat it; and if the blow has cut it into two pieces, he may still eat it.

Al-Hasan said: If a man strikes game and cuts off its foreleg or hind leg while it is alive, and then it dies, he may eat it, but he should not eat the part that was cut off. However, if he strikes it so hard that it dies the moment the limb is cut off, then in that case he may eat all of it.

Ibrahim said: If a hunter strikes game with something so that a part of it is severed, while the part with the head drags itself away, he should not eat what was severed from it; but if both parts fall together, he may eat it.

Al-Hasan and Ata said: If someone strikes game and one of its limbs is cut off, he should not eat that limb.