Sahih Muslim: The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

1

Chapter: Hunting with trained dogs and arrows

'Adi b. Hatim reported:

I said: Messenger of Allah, I set off trained dogs and they catch for me (the game) and I recite the name of Allah over it (I slaughter the game by reciting Bismillah-i-Allah-o-Akbar), whereupon he said: When you set off your trained dogs, if you recited the name of Allah (while setting them off), then eat (the game). I said: Even if they (the trained dogs) kill that (the game)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Even if these kill, but (on the condition) that no other dog, which you did not set off (along with your dogs), participates (in catching the game). I said to him: I throw Mi'rad, a heavy featherless blunt arrow, for hunting and killing (the game). Thereupon he said: When you throw Mi'rad, and it pierces, then eat, but if it falls flatly (and beats the game to death), then do not eat that.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 1
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4732
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'Adi b. Hatim reported:

I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: We are a people who hunt with these (trained) dogs, then (what should we do)? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: When you set of your trained dogs having recited the name of Allah, then eat what these (hounds) have caught for you, even if it (the game) is killed, provided (the hunting dog) has not eaten (any part of the game). If it has eaten (the game), then you don't eat it as I fear that it might have caught for its own self. And do not eat it if other dogs have joined your trained dogs.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 2
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4733
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'Adi b. Hatim reported that he asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about (hunting) with the help of an arrow having a stub end. He said:

If it strikes (the game) with its point, then eat, but if it strikes flatly and it dies, that is Waqidh (beaten into death), do not eat that. I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about (hunting with the help of) dogs, whereupon he said. When you send your dog (for hunting) reciting the name of Allah, then eat (the game), but if some part of it is eaten (by the dogs, then do not eat that, for it (your dog) has caught that (the-game) for itself. I (again) said: If I find along with my dog another dog, and do not know which of (the dogs) has caught (the game). then (what should I do)? Thereupon he ('Allah's Messenger) said: Then don't eat that, for you recited the name of Allah on your dog and not on the other one.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 3
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4734
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Adi b. Hatim reported:

I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about Mi'rad (i. e. hunting with the help of arrow having a stub end, and he stated the same (as we find in the previous hadith).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 4
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4735
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Adi b. Hatim with a slight variation of words.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929e
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 5
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4736
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'Adi b. Hatim reported:

I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about hunting the game with the help of Mi'rad, whereupon he said: If it strikes (the game) with its point, then eat it, but if it strikes flat, that is (the game is) beaten (into death), (then do not eat that) 'Adi further said: I asked him about hunting with the help of a dog, whereupon he said: If that (the dog) catches it (the game) for you and does not eat out of that, then you eat (the game) for Dhakat (slaughtering) of that is its being caught by it (by the dog). But if you find another dog besides it, and you fear that that dog (the second one) had caught it (the game) along with that (your dog) and killed it. then don't eat; for you recited the name of Allah on your dog and did not recite that on the other one (which joined your dog incidentally).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929f
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 6
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4737
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakariya b. Abu Za'ida with the same chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929g
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 7
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4738
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Sha'bi reported:

I heard Adi b. Hatim say-and he was our neighbour, and our partner and co worker at Nahrain-that he asked Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying: I let off my dog and find another dog along with my dog and that (any one of them) catches the (game), but I do not know which one had caught it, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Then don't eat that, for you recited the name of Allah while letting off your dog and did not recite on the other.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929h
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 8
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4739
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This hadith has been narrated oif the authority of 'Adi b. Hatim through another chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929i
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 9
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4740
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Adi b. Hatim reported:

Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) said to me: When you let off your dog, recite the name of Allah, and if it catches (game for you) and you find it alive, then slaughter it; if you find it killed and that (your dog) has eaten nothing out of that, (even then) you may eat it; but if you find along with your dog another dog, and (the game an) dead, then don't eat, for you do not know which of the two has killed it. And if you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, but if it (game) goes out of your sight for a day and you do not find on that but the mark of your arrow, then eat that it you so like, but if you find it drowned in water, then don't eat that.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929j
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 10
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4741
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'Adi b. Hatim reported:

I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about hunting. He said: When you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, and if you find it (the arrow) killed (that). then eat, except when you find it fallen into water, for in that case you do not know whether it is water that caused its death or your arrow.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1929k
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 11
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4742
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Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani reported:

I came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger, we are in the land of the People of the Book, (so) we eat in their utensils, and (live) in a hunting region. where I hunt with, the help of my bow, and hunt with my trained dog, or with my dog which is not trained. So inform me what is lawful (Halal) for us out of that. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Regarding what you have mentioned of the fact that you live in the land belonging to the People of the Book and so you eat in their utensils, but if you can get utensils other than theirs, then don't eat in them; but if you do not find any, then wash them and eat in them. And regarding what you have mentioned about (your living) in a hunting region, what you hunt, (strike) with the help of your bow, recite the name of Allah (while shooting an arrow) and then eat; and what you catch with the help of your trained dog, recite the name of Allah (while letting oil) the dog and then eat it, and what you get with the help of your untrained dog, (if you find it alive) and slaughter it (according to the law of the Shari'ah), eat it.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1930a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 12
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4743
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Haiwa with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of words.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1930b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 13
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4744
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2

Chapter: If the game disappears, then is found afterwards

Abu Tha'laba reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said this:

If you shoot with your arrow and (the game) goes out of your sight and you find it (later on), then eat that if it has not gone rotten.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1931a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 14
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4745
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Abu Tha'laba reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying about one who comes three days later on the game he has shot:

Eat it, provided it has not gone rotten.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1931b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 15
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4746
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Tha'laba al- Khushani with a slight variation of (words):

He (the Holy Prophet) said in regard to the game killed by (a trained) dog: Eat after three days provided it has not gone rotten.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1931c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 16
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4747
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3

Chapter: The prohibition of eating any wild animal with Fangs and any bird with Talons

Abu Tha'laba reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon prohibited the eating of every fanged beast of prey. Zuhri added:

We did not bear of it until we came to Syria.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1932a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 17
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4748
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Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited the eating of all fanged beasts. Ibn Shihab said:

I did not bear of this from our 'Ulama' in the Hijaz, until Abu Idris narrated that to me and he was one of the jurists of Syria.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1932b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 18
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4749
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Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having prohibited the eating of all fanged beasts of prey.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1932c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 19
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4750
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This hadith has been narrated through several other chains of transmitters, but some of the chains have a slight variation of words.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1932d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 20
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4750
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

The eating of all fanged beasts of prey is unlawful.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1933a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 21
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4751
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This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1933b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 22
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4751
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Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited the eating of all fanged beasts of prey, and all the birds having talons.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1934a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 23
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4752
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1934b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 24
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4753
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Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade (the eating) of all the fanged beasts of prey, and of all the birds having talons.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1934c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 25
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4754
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas through a different chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1934d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 26
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4755
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4

Chapter: Permissibility of dead animals from the sea

Jabir reported:

Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) sent us (on an expedition) and appointed Abu 'Ubaida our chief that we might intercept a caravan of the Quraish and provided us with a bag of dates. And he found for us nothing besides it. Abu Ubaida gave each of us one date (everyday). I (Abu Zubair, one of the narrators) said: What did you do with that? He said: We sucked that just as a baby sucks and then drank water over that, and it sufficed us for the day until night. We beat off leaves with the help of our staffs, then drenched them with water and ate them. We then went to the coast of the sea, and there rose before us on the coast of the sea something like a big mound. We came near that and we found that it was a beast, called al-'Anbar (spermaceti whale). Abu 'Ubaida said. It is dead. He then said: No (but it does not matter), we have been sent by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the path of Allah and you are hard pressed (on account of the scarcity of food), so you eat that. We three hundred in number stayed there for a month, until we grew bulky. He (Jabir) said: I saw how we extracted pitcher after pitcher full of fat from the cavity of its eye, and sliced from it compact piece of meat equal to a bull or like a bull. Abu 'Ubaida called forth thirteen men from us and he made them sit in the cavity of its eye, and he took hold of one of the ribs of its chest and made it stand and then saddled the biggest of the camels we had with us and it passed under it (the arched rib), and we provided ourselves with pieces of boiled meat (especially for use in our journey). When we came back to Medina, we went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: That was a provision which Allah had brought forth for you. Is there any piece of meat (left) with you, so tnat you give to us that? He (Jabir) said: We sent to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) tome of that (a piece of meat) and he ate it.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1935a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 27
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4756
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Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported:

Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) sent us (on an expedition). We were three hundred riders and our chief (leader) was 'Ubaida b. al-Jarrah. We were on the look out for a caravan of the Quraish. So we stayed on the coast for half a month, and were so much afflicted by extreme hunger that we (were obliged) to eat leaves. That is why it was called the Detachment of the Leaves. The ocean cast out for us an animal which was called al-'Anbar (whale). We ate of that for half of the month and rubbed its fat on our (bodies) until our bodies became stout. Abu 'Ubaida caught hold of one of its ribs and fixed that up. He then cast a glance at the tallest man of the army and the highest of the camels. and then made him ride over that, and that-tnan passed beneath it (the rib), and many a man could sit in its eye-socket, and we extracted many pitchers of fat from the cavity of its eye. We had small bags containing dates with us (before finding the whale). 'Ubaida gave every person amongst us a handful of dates (and when the provision ran short), he then gave each one of us one date. And when that (stock) was exhausted, we felt its loss.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1935b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 28
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4757
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'Amr reported on the authority of Jabir that in the expedition of Khabat (leaves) a person slaughtered three camels, then three, then three, then Abu 'Ubaida forbade him (to do so fearing that the rides may become short).

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1935c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 29
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4758
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Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported:

Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) sent us (on an expedition), and we were three hundred in number, and we were carrying our bags of provisions around our necks.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1935d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 30
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4759
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Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent on in expedition a detachment consisting of three hundred (persons) and appointed Abu 'Ubaida b. Jarrah as their chief. Their provisions ran short:

'Abu 'Ubaida collected their provisions in the provision bag. and he fed us (for some time). Later on when the provisions ran short he gave us one date every day.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1935e
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 31
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4760
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Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent an expedition to the sea coast and I was one among them. The rest of the hadith is the same with a slight variation of wording that in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Wahb b. Kaisan (the words are):

" The army ate out of that (the whale) for eighteen days."
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1935f
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 32
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4761
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Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent an expedition to the land of the tribe of Juhaina, and appointed a person as a chief over them.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1935g
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 33
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4762
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5

Chapter: The prohibition of eating the meat of domesticated donkeys

'Ali b. Abi Talib reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade on the Day of Khaibar temporary marriage (Muta') with women and the eating of the flesh of domestic asses.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1407f
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 34
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4763
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri through a different chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1407g
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 35
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4764
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Abu Tha'laba reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited (the eating) of the flesh of domestic asses.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1936
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 36
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4765
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Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) forbade the eating of the flesh of domestic asses.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 561c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 37
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4766
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Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the eating of the (flesh) of domestic asses on the Day of Khaibar in spite of the fact that people needed that.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 561d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 38
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4767
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Shaibani reported:

I asked 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa about (the lawfulness or unlawfulness of) the flesh of the domestic asses. He said: We experienced hunger on the Day of Khaibar as we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). We found domestic asses in the exterior of Medina. We slaughtered them and our earthen pots were boiling when the announcer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made an announcement that the earthen pots should be turned upside down and nothing of the flesh of the domestic asses should be eaten. I said: What kind of prohibition is it that he (the Holy Prophet) has made? He said: We discussed it amongst -ourselves. Some of us aaid that it has been declared unlawful for ever, (whereas others said) it has been declared unlawful since one-fifth (of the booty) has not been given (to the treasury, as is legally required).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1937a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 39
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4768
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Sulaiman Shaibini reported:

I heard Abdullah b. Abu Aufa say: We were smitten with hunger during the nights of Khaibar. On the Day of Khaibar, we fell upon domestic asses and we slaughtered them, and when our earthen pots boiled with them, the announcer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made an annoancement that the earthen pots should be turned over, and nothing should be eaten of the flesh of the domestic asses. Some of the people said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forbidden (the use of this flesh) for one-fifth (due to the State) has not been paid, while others said: He prohibited it for ever.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1937b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 40
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4769
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'Adi (he was the son of Thabit) said:

I heard al-Bara' and 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa say: We found domestic asses and we cooked them. Then the announcer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made an announcement that the earthen pots should be turned over.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1938a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 41
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4770
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Al-Bara' said:

We found on the Day of Khaibar domestic asses, and the announcer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made an announcement that the earthen pots should be turned over.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1938b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 42
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4771
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Bara was heard saying:

We were forbidden (to eat) the flesh of the domestic asses.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1938c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 43
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4772
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Bara' b. 'Azib reported:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded us to throw away the flesh of domestic asses whether uncooked or cooked; he then never commanded us to eat that.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1938d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 44
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4773
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Asim with the same chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1938e
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 45
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4773
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Ibn 'Abbas reported:

I do not know whether Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited (the eating of the domestic ass) due to the fact that they were the beasts of burden for the people, so he (the Holy Prophet) did not like their beasts of burden to be destroyed (as a matter of expediency), or he prohibited the use of the flesh of domestic asses (not as an expediency but as a law of the Shari'ah) on the Day of Khaibar.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1939
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 46
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4774
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Salama b. Akwa' reported:

We went to Khaibar with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Then Allah granted (us) victory over them. On that very evening of the day when they had been granted victory, they lit many fires. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: What are those fires and what for those have been lit? They said: (These have been lit) for (cooking) the flesh. Thereupon he said: Of what flesh? They said: For the flesh of the domestic asses. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace bo upon him) said: Throw that away and break them (the earthen pots in which the fiesa was being cooked). A person said: Messenger of Allah, should we throw it away and wash them (the cooking pots)? He said: You may do so.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1802c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 47
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4775
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Yazid b. Abu Ubaid.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1802d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 48
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4776
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Anas reported:

When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) conquered Khaibar, we caught hold of the asses outside the village. We cooked them (their flesh). Then the announcer of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made the announcement: Listen, verily Allah and His Messenger have prohibited you (the eating of) their (flesh), for it is a loathsome evil of Satan's doing. Then the earthen pots were turned over along with what was in them, and these were brimming (with flesh) at that time.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1940a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 49
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4777
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Anas b. Malik reported:

When it was the Day of Khaibar a visitor came and said: Messenger of Allah, the asses have been eaten. Then another came and said: Messenger of Allah, the asses are being destroyed. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded Abu Talha to make an announcement that Allah and His Messenger have prohibited you (from eating) of the flesh of (domestic) asses, for these are loathsome or impure. He (the narrator) said: The earthein pots were turned over along with what was in them.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1940b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 50
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4778
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Chapter: The permissibility of eating horse meat

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited eating of the flesh of domestic asses on the Day of Khaibar, and permitted the cooking of the flesh of horses.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1941a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 51
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4779
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Jabir b. 'Abdullah is reported to have said:

We ate during the time of Khaibar the (flesh) of horses and of wild asses, but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited us (to eat) the flesh of domestic asses.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1941b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 52
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4780
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This hadith has hen transmitted on the authority of Ibn Juraij.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1941c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 53
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4780
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Asma' reported:

We slaughtered a horse and ate it during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1942a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 54
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4781
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Hisham.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1942b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 55
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4782
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Chapter: The permissibility of eating the Dabb (mastigure)

Ibn 'Umar reported:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was asked about the eating of (the flesh) of the lizard, whereupon he said: I am neither the eater of it nor its prohibitor.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1943a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 56
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4783
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Ibn 'Umar reported:

A person asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the eating of the lizard, whereupon he said. I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1943b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 57
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4784
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Ibn 'Umar reported that a person asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as he was sitting on the pulpit about the eating of the lizard, whereupon he said:

I neither eat it, nor do I prohibit it.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1943c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 58
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4785
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1943d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 59
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4786
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A hadith pertaining to the eating of the lizard is transmitted from the Prophet (ﷺ) on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, but in this very hadith narrated through a different chain of transmitters there is a slight variation of wording (and the words are):

" A lizard was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) but he neither ate that nor declared it unlawful." And in the hadith transmitted through Usama (the words are):" The man (inquirer) was standing in the mosque and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting on the pulpit."
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1943e
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 60
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4787
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Ibn 'Umar reported that there were some persons with Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) from among his Companions, Sa'd being one of them. There was brought to them the flesh of the lizard when a lady amongst the wives of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said:

It is the flesh of the lizard. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) said: Eat, for it is lawful, but it is not my diet.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1944a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 61
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4788
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Taubat Al-'Anbari reported:

Al-Sha'bi (one of the narrators) asked me if I had heard the hadith transmitted on the authority of Hasan from the Prophet (ﷺ). He said: I sat in the company if Ibn 'Umar for two years or a year and a half but I did not hear narrated from Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) but this one (pertaining to the flesh of the lizard) as narrated by Mu'adh.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1944b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 62
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4789
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'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported:

I and Khalid b. Walid went to the apartment of Maimuna along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and there was presented to him a roasted lizard. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stretched his hand towards It, whereupon some of the women who had been in the house of Maimuna said: Inform Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) what he intends to eat. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) lifted his hand. I said: Messenger of Allah, Is it forbidden? He said: No. It is not found in the land of my people, and I feel that I have no liking for it. Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, while, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was looking (at me).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1945a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 63
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4790
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'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported that Khalid b. Walid who is called the Sword of Allah had informed him that he visited Maimuna, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and she was the sister of his mother (that of Khalid) and that of 'Ibn Abbas, and he found with her a roasted lizard which her sister Hufaida the daughter of al-Harith had brought from Najd, and she presented that lizard to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). It was rare that some food was presented to the Prophet (ﷺ) and it was not mentioned or named. While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was about to stretch forth his hand towards the lizard, a woman from amongst the women present there informed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) what they had presented to him. They said:

Messenger of Allah, it is a lizard. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) withdrew his hand, whereupon Khalid b. Walid said: Messenger of Allah, is a lizard forbidden? There opon he said: No, but it is not found in the land of my people, and I feel that I have no liking for it. Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was looking at me and he did not forbid (me to eat it).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1946a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 64
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4791
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Khalid b. Walid reported that he visited Maimuna daughter of al-Harith with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and she was the sister of his mother. She presented to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the flesh of a lizard which Umm Hufaid daughter of al-Harith had brought from Najd, and she had been married to a person belonging to Banu Ja'far. It was the habit of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) not to eat anything until he knew what that was. The rest of the hadith is the same but with this (addition):

" Ibn al-Asamm narrated it from Maimuna and he was under her care."
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1946b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 65
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4792
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Ibn 'Abbas reported:

While we were in the house of Maimuna there were brought to Allah's Messenger two roasted lizards. Here no mention is made of al- 'Asamm narrating from Maimuna.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1945b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 66
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4793
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Ibn 'Abbas reported that there had been brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) the flesh of a lizard and Khalid b. Walid was also present there. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1945c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 67
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4794
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Sa'id b. Jubair reported that he heard Ibn 'Abbas says:

The sister of my mother Umm Hufaid presented to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) clarified butter (ghee), cheese and some lizards. He ate out of the clarified butter and cheese, but left the lizard finding no liking for it. But it was eaten on the table of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Had it been forbidden (haram), it could not be eaten on the table of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1947
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 68
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4795
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Yazid b. al-Asamm reported:

A newly wedded person of Medina invited us to a wedding feast, and he served us thirteen lizards. There were those who ate it and those who abandoned it. I met Ibn 'Abbas the next day, and informed him (about this) in the presence of many persons. Some of them said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had observed: I neither eat it nor forbid (anyone) from eating it, nor declare it to be unlawful. Thereupon Ibn 'Abbas said: Sad it is what you say! Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) has not been sent, but (to declare in clear words) the lawful and the unlawful (things). We were once with Allah's Messenger (may peace be. upon him) as he was with Maimuna, and there were with him al-Fadl b. 'Abbas, Khalid b. Walid and some women (also) when a tray of food containing flesh was presented to him. As Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) was about to eat that, Maimuna said: It is the flesh of the lizard. He withdrew his hand saying: That is the flesh which I never eat; but he said to them (those who were present there): You may eat. Al-Fadl ate out of that, so did Khalid b Walid, and the women. Maimuna (however) said: I do not eat anything but that which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) eats.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1948
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 69
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4796
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Abu Zubair reported that he heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah saying that there was presented to Allah's Messenger (the flesh) of the lizard, but he refused to eat that, saying:

I do not know; perhaps it (lizard) might (be one of those natives of) the distant past whose (forms) had beer, distorted.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1949
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 70
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4797
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Abu Zubair reported:

I asked Jabir about ithe eating) of the lizard, whereupon he said: Don't eat that as he (the Holy Prophet) felt disgust. He (the narrator) said that Umar b. al-Khattab reminded: Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) did not declare it to be unlawful. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, has (made it a source) of benefit for more than one (persons). It is a common diet of the shepherds. Had it been with me, I would have eaten that.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1950
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 71
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4798
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Abu Sa'id reported that a person said:

Messenger of Allah, we live in a land abounding in lizards, so what do you command or what verdict you give (about eating of it)? Thereupon he said: It was mentioned to me that a people from among Bani Isra'il were distorted (so there is a likelihood that those people might have been distorted in the shape of lizards). So he neither commanded (us to eat that) nor forbade (us). Abu Sa'id said: After some time Umar said: Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, has made it (a source of) benefit for more than one (person), for it is the common diet of shepherds. Had it been with me, I would have eaten that. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) disliked it.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1951a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 72
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4799
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Abu Sa'id reported that an Arab of the desert came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:

I live in a low land abounding in lizards, and these are the common diet of my family, but he (the Holy Prophet) did not make any reply. We said to him: Repeat it (your problem) and so he repeated it, but he did not make any reply. (It was repeated thrice ) Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called him out at the third time saying: O man of the desert, verily Allah cursed or showed wrath to a tribe of Bani Isra'il and distorted them to beasts which move on the earth. I do not know, perhaps this (lizard) may be one of them. So I do not eat it, nor do I prohibit the eating of it.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1951b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 73
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4800
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Chapter: The permissibility of eating Locusts

Ibn Abu Aufa reported:

We went on seven expeditions with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and ate locusts.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1952a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 74
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4801
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ya'fur with the same chain of transmitters. Abu Bakr (one of the narrators) said" seven expeditions," whereas Ishaq said" six," and Ibn Umar said" six" or" seven".

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1952b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 75
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4802
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This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Ya'fur with the same chain of transmitters, and he mentioned seven expeditions.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1952c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 76
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4803
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Chapter: The permissibility of eating Rabbit

Anas b. Malik reported:

We chased a hare at Marr az-Zahrin (a valley near Mecca). They (my companions) ran, but felt exhausted; I also tried until I caught hold of it. I brought it to Abu Talha. He slaughtered it and sent its haunch and two hind legs to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) through me; and he accepted them.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1953a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 77
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4804
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Yahya with a slight change of wording.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1953b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 78
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4804
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Chapter: The permissibility of using things that help in hunting and pursuing the enemy, but throwing small pebbles is disliked

Ibn Buraida reported that Abdullah b. al-Mughaffal saw a person from amongst his companions throwing small pebbles, whereupon he said:

Don't throw pebbles. for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not like it, or he forbade flinging of pebbles since neither the game is taken thereby, nor an enemy defeated. but it may break a tooth or put out an eye. He, afterwards, again saw him flinging pebbles, and said to him: I inform you that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not approve or he forbade flinging of pebbles, but if I see you again flinging pebbles. I will not speak with you.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1954a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 79
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4805
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Kahmas.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1954b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 80
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4806
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'Abdullah b. Mughaffal reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited throwing of pebbles. Ibn Ja'far reported (in the narration transmitted by him) that he (the Holy Prophet) said:

It neither inflicts defeat to the enemy nor kills the game but breaks the tooth and puts the eye out. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Mahdi with a slight variation of wording.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1954c
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 81
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4807
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Sa'id b. Jubair reported that. a near one of 'Abdullah b. Mughaffal threw pebbles. He prohibited him (to do so). He said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had prohibited the throwing of pebbles by saying:

It does not catch the game, nor does it inflict defeat on the enemy, but breaks the tooth and puts the eye out. He (the near one of Abdullah b. Mughadal) again repeated it (the act of throwing of pebbles) whereupon he said: I narrate to you that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon hish) disliked and prohibited throwing of pebbles, but I see you again throwing pebbles; I (would therefore) not speak with you.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1954d
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 82
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4808
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ayyub with the same chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1954e
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 83
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4809
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Chapter: The command to be proficient in slaughtering and killing, and to sharpen the blade

Shaddid b. Aus said:

Two are the things which I remember Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said: Verily Allah has enjoined goodness to everything; so when you kill, kill in a good way and when you slaughter, slaughter in a good way. So every one of you should sharpen his knife, and let the slaughtered animal die comfortably.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1955a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 84
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4810
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Khalid al-Hadhdha' through different chains o transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1955b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 85
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4811
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Chapter: The prohibition of cornering animals in order to kill them (for sport)

Hishim b. Zaid b. Anas b. Milik reported:

I visited the house of al-Hakam b. Ayyub along with my grandfather Anas b. Milik, (and there) some people had made a hen a target and were shooting arrows at her. Thereupon Asas said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forbidden tying of the animals (and making them the targets of arrows, etc.).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1956a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 86
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4812
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba through other chains of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1956b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 87
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4812
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Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said this:

Do not make anything having life as a target.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1957a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 88
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4813
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba through a different chain of transmitters.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1957b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 89
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4814
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Sa'id b. Jubair reported that Ibn 'Umar happened to pass by a party of men who had tied a hen and were shooting arrows at it. As soon as they saw Ibn 'Umar, they scattered from it. Thereupon Ibn Umar said:

Who has done this? Verily Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has invoked curse upon him who does this.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1958a
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 90
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4815
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Sa'id b. Jubair reported that Ibn 'Umar happened to pass by some young men of the Quraish who had tied a bird (and th, is made it a target) at which they had been shooting arrows Every arrow that they missed came into the possession of the owner of the bird. So no sooner did they see Ibn 'Umar they went away. Thereupon Ibn 'Umar said:

Who has done this? Allah has cursed him who does this. Verily Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) invoked curse upon one who made a live thing the target (of one's marksmanship).
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1958b
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 91
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4816
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Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade that any beast should be killed after it has been tied.

Reference : Sahih Muslim 1959
In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 92
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 21, Hadith 4817
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Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever takes a path upon which to obtain knowledge, Allah makes the path to Paradise easy for him." Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2646