أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْغَيْلَانِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي السَّفَرِ عَنْ عَامِرٍ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْتُ أُرْسِلُ کَلْبِي قَالَ إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ کَلْبَکَ فَسَمَّيْتَ فَکُلْ وَإِنْ أَکَلَ مِنْهُ فَلَا تَأْکُلْ فَإِنَّمَا أَمْسَکَ عَلَی نَفْسِهِ وَإِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ کَلْبَکَ فَوَجَدْتَ مَعَهُ غَيْرَهُ فَلَا تَأْکُلْ فَإِنَّکَ إِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَی کَلْبِکَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَی غَيْرِهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4287
It was narrated that ‘Adiyy bin Hatim said: “I asked the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ‘I release my dog.’ He said: ‘If you release your dog and mention the name of Allah, then eat. But if he has eaten some of it, then do not eat, for he caught it for himself. If you release your dog then you find another dog with it, then do not eat, for you said the name of Allah over your dog, and not over any other.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020