Hunting with Weapons

Al-Kāfi|Volume 6|Book 3|Chapter 4
Al-Kāfi

Volume 6, Book 3, Chapter 4

Hunting with Weapons

وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَنْ جَرَحَ صَيْداً بِسِلَاحٍ وَ ذَكَرَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ بَقِيَ لَيْلَةً أَوْ لَيْلَتَيْنِ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ سَبُعٌ وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّ سِلَاحَهُ هُوَ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ إِنْ شَاءَوَ قَالَ فِي إِيَّلٍ اصْطَادَهُ رَجُلٌ فَتَقَطَّعَهُ النَّاسُ وَ الرَّجُلُ يَتْبَعُهُ أَ فَتَرَاهُ نُهْبَةً فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) لَيْسَ بِنُهْبَةٍ وَ لَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ .
2. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu Najran from ‘Asem ibn Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Qays who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, has stated this Hadith. ‘If one causes injuries to a prey and mentions the name of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, then it remains for one or two nights without being eaten by the beasts; and he knows that his weapon is that which has caused its death, he can use it for food if he wants.’ About a mountain goat hunted by a man but people intercept him and the man follows it; if you consider it a plunder. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not plundering and it is not unlawful.’”
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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/347)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī