Once, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) visited Yahya bin Saeed. At that time, one of Yahya’s boys had tied up a chicken and was shooting at it as a target. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) went to the chicken and untied it, and brought the boy along with the chicken to Yahya and said,“Stop your boy from tying up any bird and using it as a target, for I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbidding the tying up of any animal or creature for target practice. If you want to slaughter it, then slaughter it properly.”