أَخْبَرَنَا
قُتَيْبَةُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
بَكْرٌ هُوَ ابْنُ مُضَرَ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ الْهَادِ ، عَنْ
مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ
عِيسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ
عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : بَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِبَعْضِ أَثَايَا الرَّوْحَاءِ وَهُمْ حُرُمٌ ، إِذَا حِمَارُ وَحْشٍ مَعْقُورٌ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " دَعُوهُ فَيُوشِكُ صَاحِبُهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ " ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَهْزٍ هُوَ الَّذِي عَقَرَ الْحِمَارَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَأْنَكُمْ هَذَا الْحِمَارُ ، فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ يُقَسِّمُهُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ .
´It was narrated that 'Umair bin Salamah Ad-Damri said:` "While we were traveling with the Prophet in part of Athaya Ar-Rawha and they were in Ihram, we saw a wounded onager, the Messenger of Allah said: "Leave it, for soon the one who wounded it will come,' then a man from Bahz came, and he was the one who had wounded the onager. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, it is up to you what you do with this onager,' The Messenger of Allah ordered Abu Bakr to distribute it among the people."
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) Only the hunter himself becomes the owner of the game he has killed or wounded. The words of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) mentioned in the hadith: “Leave it, for its owner may soon come for it,” indicate this very point.
(2) For a person in the state of ihram, it is unlawful to point towards game, chase game, or hunt, etc. However, if a non-muhrim (one not in ihram) has hunted for himself, and the person in ihram had no involvement whatsoever in the hunting or causing it to be hunted, then he may eat from it. But if there was any involvement, then he may not even eat from it.
(3) This blessed hadith also indicates that a thing can be gifted jointly to several people, as this “Bahzi” person gifted a wild donkey jointly to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and his noble companions. Thereafter, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) instructed Sayyiduna Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (radi Allahu anhu) to distribute it among the people.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4349