حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْبَزَّازُ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الأَنْمَاطِيُّ ، قَالُوا : أنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ ، نَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " أَرْمِي بِسَهْمِي فَأُصِيبُ فَلا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ إِلا بَعْدَ يَوْمٍ أَوْ يَوْمَيْنِ ، فَقَالَ : إِذَا قَدَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ أَثَرٌ ، وَلا خَدْشٌ ، إِلا رَمْيَتُكَ فَكُلْ ، وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ فِيهِ أَثَرَ غَيْرِ رَمْيَتِكَ ، فَلا تَأْكُلْهُ ، أَوْ قَالَ : لا تَطْعَمْهُ ، فَإِنَّكَ لا تَدْرِي أَنْتَ فَعَلْتَهُ أَوْ غَيْرُكَ ، وَإِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ فَأَخَذَ فَأَدْرَكْتَهُ فَذَكِّهِ ، وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ أَخَذَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ شَيْئًا مِنْهُ فَكُلْهُ ، وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَهُ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ ، فَلا تَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ، أَوْ قَالَ : لا تَأْكُلْهُ ، فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ، قَالَ عَدِيُّ : فَإِنِّي أُرْسِلُ كِلابِي وَأَذْكُرُ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَتَخْتَلِطُ بِكِلابِ غَيْرِي فَيَأْخُذْنَ الصَّيْدَ فَيَقْتُلْنَهُ ، قَالَ : لا تَأْكُلْهُ ، فَإِنَّكَ لا تَدْرِي أَكِلابُكَ قَتَلَتْهُ ، أَوْ كِلابُ غَيْرِكَ " .
Shu’bi narrates that Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): I shoot my arrow and hunt an animal, but I reach the prey after one or two days. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “When you gain control over the prey and there is no mark or scratch on it except from your arrow, then eat it. But if you find any other wound or mark besides your arrow, then do not eat it (the narrator is doubtful about one word here). The reason is that you do not know whether you hunted it or someone else hunted it. Similarly, when you release your dog and it catches the prey and you reach the prey, then slaughter it. If you find it in such a state that the dog caught the prey but did not eat anything from it, then eat it. But if you find it in such a state that the dog killed it and also ate something from it, then do not eat the prey (the narrator is doubtful about one word here). The reason is that the animal has kept the prey for itself.” Sayyiduna ‘Adi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I take the name of Allah when releasing my dog, but another dog joins my dog, and they all hunt and kill the prey. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Do not eat it! Because you do not know whether your dog killed it or the other dog killed it?”