CHAPTER 1. The mentioning of Allah’s Name while hunting

7:384 Narrated by Adi bin Hatim

I asked the Prophet about the game killed by a Mi’rad (i.e. a sharp-edged piece of wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting). He said, “If the game is killed with its sharp edge, eat of it, but if it is killed with its shaft, with a hit by its broad side then the game is (unlawful to eat) for it has been beaten to death.” I asked him about the game killed by a trained hound. He said, “If the hound catches the game for you, eat of it, for killing the game by the hound, is like its slaughtering. But if you see with your hound or hounds another dog, and you are afraid that it might have shared in hunting the game with your hound and killed it, then you should not eat of it, because you have mentioned Allah’s name on (sending) your hound only, but you have not mentioned it on some other hound.”

CHAPTER 2. About hunting with a bow….

7:387 Narrated by Abu Tha’laba Al-Khushani

I said, “O Allah’s Prophet! We are living in a land ruled by the people of the Scripture; Can we take our meals in their utensils? In that land there is plenty of game and I hunt the game with my bow and with my hound that is not trained and with my trained hound. Then what is lawful for me to eat?” He said, “As for what you have mentioned about the people of the Scripture, if you can get utensils other than theirs, do not eat out of theirs, but if you cannot get other than theirs, wash their utensils and eat out of it. If you hunt an animal with your bow after mentioning Allah’s Name, eat of it. and if you hunt something with your trained hound after mentioning Allah’s Name, eat of it, and if you hunt something with your untrained hound (and get it before it dies) and slaughter it, eat of it.”

CHAPTER 3. AI-Khadhf (throwing: stones with the middle finger and the thumb) and Al-Bunduqa (a ball of clay thrown through a hollow stick or the like).

7:388 Narrated by ‘Abdullah bin Maghaffal

That he saw a man throwing stones with two fingers (at something) and said to him, “Do not throw stones, for Allah’s Apostle has forbidden throwing stones, or e used to dislike it.” ‘Abdullah added: Throwing stones will neither hunt the game, nor kill (or hurt) an enemy, but it may break a tooth or gouge out an eye.” Afterwards ‘Abdullah once again saw the man throwing stones. He said to him, “I tell you that Allah’s Apostle has forbidden or disliked the throwing the stones (in such a way), yet you are throwing stones! I shall not talk to you for such-and-such a period.”

CHAPTER 4. Whoever keeps a (pet) dog neither for hunting, nor for guarding livestock.

7:389 Narrated by Ibn ‘Umar

The Prophet said, “Whoever keeps a (pet) dog which is neither a watch dog nor a hunting dog, will get a daily deduction of two Qirat from his good deeds.”

CHAPTER 5. If the hunter hits a game but does not catch it till two or three days have passed.

7:393 Narrated by Adi bin Hatim

The Prophet said, “If you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah’s Name on sending it, and the hound catches the game and kills it, then you can eat of it. But if the hound eats of it, then you should not eat thereof, for the hound has caught it for itself. And if along with your hound, join other hounds, and Allah’s Name was not mentioned at the time of their sending, and they catch an animal and kill it, you should not ea: of it, for you will not know which of them has killed it. And if you have thrown an arrow at the game and then find it (dead) two or three days later and, it bears no mark other than the wound inflicted by your arrow, then you can eat of it. But if the game is found (dead) in water, then do not eat of it.” And it has also been narrated by ‘Adi bin Hatim that he asked the Prophet “If a hunter throws an arrow at the game and after tracing it for two or three days he finds it dead but still bearing his arrow, (can he eat of it)?” The Prophet replied, “He can eat if he wishes.”

CHAPTER 6. The eating of locusts.

7:403 Narrated by Ibn Abi Aufa

We participated with the Prophet in six or seven Ghazawat, and we used to eat locusts with him

CHAPTER 7. The Nahr (literally means slaughtering of the camels only, and is done by cutting the carotid arteries at the root of camel’s neck) and the Dhabh (means slaughtering of animals other than camels e.g. sheep, cow, etc.)

7:418 Narrated by Asma bint Abu Bakr

We slaughtered a horse (by Nahr) during the lifetime of the Prophet and ate it.

CHAPTER 8. What is disliked of Al-Muthia, Al-Masbâra, and AI-Mujaththama.

7:423 Narrated by Said bin Jubair

While I was with Ibn ‘Umar, we passed by a group of young men who had tied a hen and started shooting at it. When they saw Ibn ‘Umar, they dispersed, leaving it. On that Ibn ‘Umar said, “Who has done this? The Prophet cursed the one who did so.”

CHAPTER 9. The meat of chickens.

7:426 Narrated by Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari

I saw the Prophet eating chicken.

CHAPTER 10. (It is unlawful) to eat the meat of beasts having fangs.

7:438 Narrated by Abu Tha’laba

Allah’s Apostle forbade the eating of the meat of beasts having fangs.

CHAPTER 11. The musk (a kind of perfume).

7:442 Narrated by Abu Musa

The Prophet said, ‘The example of a good pious companion and an evil one is that of a person carrying musk and another blowing a pair of bellows. The one who is carrying musk will either give you some perfume as a present, or you will buy some from him, or you will get a good smell from him, but the one who is blowing a pair of bellows will either burn your clothes or you will get a bad smell from him.”

CHAPTER 12. Branding the faces.

7:449 Narrated by Maimuna

The Prophet was asked about a mouse that had fallen into butter-fat (and died). He said, “Throw away the mouse and the portion of butter-fat around it, and eat the rest.”