Al-Walid said: Shurahbil Abu Sa'd narrated to me that he entered al-Aswaf, a place in Madinah, and caught a nuhas bird there. Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) came to him while the bird was with him. He said: He rubbed my ear, then said: "Let it go, may you have no mother! Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made the game between its two lava plains sacred?"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الحج / 9971