It is narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim Ta’i (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that our land is very suitable for hunting, if any of us shoots an arrow at game and the game disappears for a day or two, and then it is found and the same arrow is present in it? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you find your arrow in it and there are no marks of any other arrow, and you know that it was your arrow that killed it, then you may eat it. In another narration, it is stated: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you see your arrow lodged in it and no beast has eaten from it, then you may eat that game.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Adi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: If you shoot an arrow at game, but after being struck by the arrow it falls into water and dies, then do not eat it.

Sayyiduna ‘Adi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that I asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the ruling regarding the game animal that dies due to being struck by the middle thick part of an arrow. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“If the game is struck by the sharp edge of the arrow and it penetrates into it, then eat it. But if the middle part of the arrow strikes and kills the game, then it is like an animal killed with a stick, so do not eat it.”

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Adi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you send your dog for hunting and say Bismillah, but if this dog joins with other dogs, then do not eat that game, because you do not know which dog killed that game (while you said Bismillah only over your own dog). Similarly, when you shoot an arrow and have said Bismillah, and that arrow pierces the game, then eat it. If it does not pierce and the game dies from the blow of the middle thick part of the arrow, do not eat that game, and do not eat the game hunted by a bullet, unless you slaughter it.

Narrated from Sayyiduna ‘Adi (may Allah be pleased with him): He said, I asked: O Messenger of Allah! We hunt with the middle thick part of the arrow, is that lawful for us? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whatever you hunt with the middle thick part of the arrow, do not eat it, unless you slaughter it yourself.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade throwing pebbles, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: Neither can the enemy be harmed by it, nor is any game hunted by it.

Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a relative of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) threw a pebble. He forbade him and said that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has prohibited throwing pebbles, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) has said about it that neither will it hunt nor harm the enemy, but it can break a tooth or put out an eye. That man threw a pebble again, so this time he said: I have narrated to you the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), yet you are doing the very thing from which he (peace and blessings be upon him) has prohibited; I will never speak to you again.

Sayyiduna Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade throwing pebbles. One of his nephews took a pebble and was told about this, yet he threw it. Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: I see that I have informed you that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade this, and yet you are throwing pebbles. I firmly resolve that as long as I live, I will not speak to you.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade throwing stones, meaning he forbade killing an animal by striking it with a stone or a blunt object and then eating it. Rather, it should first be slaughtered, and after that, whatever thing one wishes may be used to kill it, even if it is a blunt object.

Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do not eat the game killed by a slingshot, unless you slaughter it.