Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I asked the Prophet ﷺ about hunting with a mi’raaz. He said: If the animal is struck with its point, then eat it; and if it is struck with its side, then it is carrion. (Mi’raaz refers to an arrow without feathers, which strikes the target with its side rather than its point.)

Hazrat Adi bin Hatim narrates that I asked, "O Messenger of Allah! If we hunt with a mi’raaz (a sharp-edged stick), is it lawful for us?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Of the animals hunted with a mi’raaz, only that one is lawful for you which you slaughter."

Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to eat the game hunted with a mi’raaz.

Hazrat Salman says that if the broad-headed arrow penetrates into the game, then eat it.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) says that the game hunted with a mi’raaz is not lawful until it cuts the body (of the animal).

It is narrated similarly through another chain of transmission.

Hazrat Mak’hool narrates that a man came to the companion of the Messenger of Allah, Hazrat Fadala bin Ubaid, bringing some birds which he had hunted with a mi’raaz (a type of hunting tool). Some of them he had placed in a bag, and some he had tied with string. He said that some of them he had slaughtered, and some died before he could slaughter them. Hazrat Fadala said: “Eat those which you have slaughtered, and do not eat those which you have not slaughtered.”

Hazrat Mak'hool states that Hazrat Fadala bin Ubaid and Hazrat Abu Muslim Khawlani used to eat the game hunted with a mi'raaz.

Ubaid bin Saad says that if a man hunted a rabbit with a stick in such a way that its legs were also broken, then he slaughtered it, he can eat it.

Hazrat Khaseef narrates that I asked Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair about hunting with a mi’raaz (a blunt arrow). He replied that it was not among the arrows of the Muslims; do not eat its hunted animal. However, if it tears the skin of the animal, then you may eat it.

Hazrat Husain says that I asked Hazrat Aamir about hunting with a mi’raaz (a type of arrow). He replied that if its pointed part, like that of an arrow, strikes the prey, then eat it; but if it strikes with its side and you are unable to slaughter it, then do not eat it.

Hazrat Saeed did not consider there to be any harm in hunting with a Ma’rad.

Hazrat Mujahid says that you cannot eat the prey of a mi’raaz until it cuts the skin of the animal.

Ibrahim says that if the arrow with a broad head does not cut the animal's skin, then do not eat its hunted animal.

Ibrahim used to prohibit hunting with a ma'raaz (a blunt or broad-headed arrow) if the animal's skin was not cut.

Hazrat Qasim and Hazrat Salim considered hunting with a mi’rad (a blunt instrument) to be disliked, but if there was an opportunity for slaughtering, then they did not consider it objectionable.

Hazrat Makhool says that the predecessors considered hunting done with a mi’raaz to be disliked. Hazrat Makhool says that if the mi’raaz does not cut the animal’s skin, then this animal is carrion.

Hazrat Nafi' narrates that Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) would not eat game hunted with a clay pellet, a stone, or a mi'raadh (a sharp stick).