حَدَّثَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ شُجَاعٍ السَّکُونِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ کَلْبَکَ فَاذْکُرْ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ أَمْسَکَ عَلَيْکَ فَأَدْرَکْتَهُ حَيًّا فَاذْبَحْهُ وَإِنْ أَدْرَکْتَهُ قَدْ قَتَلَ وَلَمْ يَأْکُلْ مِنْهُ فَکُلْهُ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ مَعَ کَلْبِکَ کَلْبًا غَيْرَهُ وَقَدْ قَتَلَ فَلَا تَأْکُلْ فَإِنَّکَ لَا تَدْرِي أَيُّهُمَا قَتَلَهُ وَإِنْ رَمَيْتَ سَهْمَکَ فَاذْکُرْ اسْمَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ غَابَ عَنْکَ يَوْمًا فَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَثَرَ سَهْمِکَ فَکُلْ إِنْ شِئْتَ وَإِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ غَرِيقًا فِي الْمَائِ فَلَا تَأْکُلْ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 4981
Adi b. Hatim reported: Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) said to me: When you let off your dog, recite the name of Allah, and if it catches (game for you) and you find it alive, then slaughter it; if you find it killed and that (your dog) has eaten nothing out of that, (even then) you may eat it; but if you find along with your dog another dog, and (the game an) dead, then don't eat, for you do not know which of the two has killed it. And if you shoot your arrow, recite the name of Allah, but if it (game) goes out of your sight for a day and you do not find on that but the mark of your arrow, then eat that it you so like, but if you find it drowned in water, then don't eat that.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020