Hadith 40

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 42: The Book of Hunting and Slaughtering Sahih

Chapter 19

The One Who Shoots An Arrow But (The Game) Gets Away From Him

باب فِي الَّذِي يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَيَغِيبُ عَنْهُ ‏‏

Sahih
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4302
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَأَطْلُبُ أَثَرَهُ بَعْدَ لَيْلَةٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ إِذَا وَجَدْتَ فِيهِ سَهْمَكَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ سَبُعٌ فَكُلْ ‏"
it was narrated that 'Adiyy bin Hatim said:

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I shoot game and I follow its tracks after of night. He said: 'If you find your arrow in it, and no predator has eaten from it, then eat it."