Sayyiduna Abu Tha’labah al-Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I presented myself before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! We live in the land of the People of the Book and we eat from their utensils. Our area is such that there is much hunting. I hunt with my bow, and also with a trained dog, and sometimes with an untrained dog. So tell me, which of these things is forbidden for me? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As for what you mentioned, that you live in the land of the People of the Book and eat from their utensils—if you can find utensils other than theirs, then do not eat from their utensils. But if you cannot find other utensils, then wash their utensils and eat from them. As for what you mentioned about hunting—whatever you hunt with your bow, eat from it, and take the name of Allah over it. And whatever game your trained dog catches for you, take the name of Allah and eat from it. And whatever is hunted by an untrained dog—if you are able to slaughter it, then eat it; and if you are not able to slaughter it, then do not eat it.

Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) that he hunts with his arrow, and sometimes the arrow strikes the prey, but after one or two days he finds that prey. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: If you find it in such a condition that there is no mark or wound on it except the mark of your arrow, then eat it. But if you find any other mark on it besides the mark of your arrow, then do not eat it. If you release your dog and mention the name of Allah, and you find the prey and the dog has not killed it, then slaughter it. If you find it in such a condition that the dog has killed it and has not eaten anything from it, then eat it. But if you find it in such a condition that the dog has eaten from it, then do not eat it, because the dog hunted it for itself. Sayyiduna ‘Adi (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: If I release my dog and mention the name of Allah, and then another dog joins my dog and both hunt and kill the prey, then the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Do not eat it, because you do not know whether your dog killed it or the other dog killed it.

Sayyiduna ‘Adi bin Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I said,“O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I release my trained dog and it restrains the game for me, and I also mention the name of Allah over it (so what is the ruling on this)?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“When you release your trained dog and mention the name of Allah over it, then eat (of what it catches for you).”I said,“Even if it kills the game?”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Even if it kills it, as long as there is no other dog with it that was not among them.”I said to you (peace and blessings be upon him):“Sometimes I shoot an arrow and it strikes the game.”The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“If you shoot your arrow in such a way that it pierces (the animal), then eat it. But if it strikes it with the broad side (and the animal dies from the blow), then do not eat it.”

Qasim bin Makhool narrates: I heard my father narrate—he had the opportunity to witness both the era of ignorance and Islam. He narrates: I tied some ropes at the place of Abwa, and a deer got trapped in those ropes, but then it escaped from there. I went out in search of it and found a man who had caught it. We brought our case regarding the deer to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and we found you encamped under a tree at Abwa. The Prophet (peace be upon him) had made shade with a piece of leather. We presented our case to you, and you decided that it would be divided equally between us both. I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), sometimes we find some camels among which are milch she-camels whose udders are full of milk, and we are in dire need of it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Call the owner of the camels three times; if he comes, then fine, otherwise milk it and drink, then milk it again, and then leave some milk (in its udder). I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), sometimes another animal comes to us, so if we give it something to drink, will we get a reward for it? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Yes, there is a reward for doing good to every living being. After that, the Prophet (peace be upon him) began to converse with us. He said: Soon a time will come when the best wealth will be sheep that are between two prostrations; they will eat (leaves) from the trees, come to the water, their owner will follow behind them, drink their milk, wear clothes from their wool (the narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words), wear clothes from their hair, while by Allah, tribulations will have spread among the Arabs. I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)! Advise me about this. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Perform prayer, give zakat, fast in Ramadan, perform Hajj to the House of Allah and Umrah, treat your parents well, maintain the rights of kinship, honor the guest, enjoin good, forbid evil, and remain with the truth wherever it may be.