حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ الْكَلْبَ فَأَكَلَ مِنْ الصَّيْدِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَإِذَا أَرْسَلْتَهُ فَقَتَلَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ فَكُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ وَكَانَ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَضَرَبَ عَلَيْهِ أَبِي كَذَا قَالَ أَسْبَاطٌ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2049
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "If you send out the (hunting) dog and it eats some of the prey, do not eat it for he only caught it for himself. But if you send him out and he kills (the prey) but does not eat any of it, then eat it, for he killed it for his master."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020