Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 1 Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone gets a dog, except a sheeping or hunting or a farm dog, a qirat of his reward will be deducted daily. حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، […]
Sunan Abī Dāwūd is one of the six major hadith collections in Sunni Islam, compiled by Imam Abū Dāwūd al-Sijistānī. It focuses on hadiths related to Islamic law (fiqh), offering a detailed record of the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that form the basis for legal rulings. Carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of narrations, it emphasizes authenticity and relevance to jurisprudence, making it a key reference for scholars and students of Islamic law.
Book 17, Game / Hunting (Kitāb al‑Ṣayd), discusses rules concerning permissible game and methods of hunting.
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 2 Narrated Abdullah ibn Mughaffal: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Were dogs not a species of creature I should command that they all be killed; but kill every pure black one. حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُغَفَّلٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 3 Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) ordered to kill dogs, and we were even killing a dog which a woman brought with her from the desert. Afterwards he forbade to kill them, saying: Confine yourselves to the type which is black. حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ، […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 4 Narrated ‘Abi b. Hatim: I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) ,and said: I set off my trained dogs, and they catch (something) for me: may I eat (it)? He said: When you set off trained dogs and mention Allah’s name, eat what they catch for you. I said: Even […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 5 Narrated ‘Adi b. Hatim: I asked the Messenger of Allah. I said: We hunt with these dogs. He replied: When you set off your dog and mention Allah’s name over it, eat what it catches for you, even if it kills it, except that the dog has eaten […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 6 Narrated ‘Adi b. Hatim: The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: When you shoot your arrow and mention Allah’s name, and you find it (the game) after a day, and you do not find it in water, and you find in it only the mark of you arrow, eat (it). […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 7 Narrated ‘Adi b. Hatim: The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: When the animal at which you shot falls in water, is drowned, and dies, do not eat. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَاصِمٌ الأَحْوَلُ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 8 Narrated Adi ibn Hatim: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Eat what ever is caught for you by a dog or a hawk you have trained and set off when you have mentioned Allah’s name. I said: (Does this apply) if it killed (the animal)? He said: When it kills […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 9 Narrated AbuTha’labah al-Khushani: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said about the game hunted by a dog: If you set off your dog and have mentioned Allah’s name, eat (it), even if it eats any of it; and eat what your hands return you. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 10 Narrated Adi ibn Hatim: Messenger of Allah, one of us shoots at the game, and follows its mark for two or three days, and then finds it dead, and there is his arrow (pierced) in it, may he eat it? He said: Yes, if he wishes, or he […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 11 Narrated ‘Adi b. Hatim: I asked Prophet (ﷺ) about featherless arrow. He said: If it strikes with its end, eat, and if it strikes with the middle part of it, do not eat, for it died by a violent blow. I said: I set off my dog? He […]
Sunan Abi Dawud: Book 17, Hadith 12 Narrated Abu Taa’labat b. al-Khushani: I said: Messenger of Allah, I hunt with my trained dog, and with my untrained dog? He said: ‘What you hunt with your trained dog, mention Allah’s names (on it) and eat; and what you hunt with your untrained dog, and you find […]