حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ وَخَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَهْطٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَقَدْ نَصَبُوا حَمَامَةً يَرْمُونَهَا فَقَالَ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2705
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: The Prophet (PBUH) who had taken a pigeon as a target, and he said: "Do not take any animate being as a target’'.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020