shoots his arrow to hit some target or sets off his dog while unaware of any game, and then he hits one, that game is not permissible (to consume). When the killing is caused in part by other means, such as a dog or arrow other than his, and he does not know who set it off or whether that person mentioned the name of Allah on it, the hunted game is not permissible. The same is also true if he shoots the game with a poisoned arrow to facilitate its killing, or it drowns, or he finds marks that may have caused the death, but they are from other than his own dog or arrow. This is all because of ‘Adiy ibn Ḥâtim’s report from the Prophet (SA), “If you set off your dog and mention Allah’s name (say bismillâh), and it catches something for you and you come up to it while it is still alive, then slaughter it. If you come up to it after the dog has killed it, but it has not eaten any of it, then eat it, for the catching by the dog counts as dhakât. If he has eaten from it, then do not eat, for I fear that he would have caught it for himself. If you find other dogs with yours, do not eat, for you mentioned Allah over your dog and not others. When you shoot your arrow, mention Allah’s name, and if the game goes out of sight for a day or two and you find it without any marks except for that arrow, eat it if you wish. But if you find it drowned in water, do not eat it, for you will not be able to tell whether the water or your arrow killed it.” ¹⁵⁰⁷

فَإِنْ أَرْسَلَ سَهْمَهُ، لِيُصِيْبَ بِهِ غَرَضًا أَوْ كَلْبَهُ وَلاَ يَرَى صَيْدًا، فَأَصَابَ صَيْدًا، لَمْ يُبَحْ، وَمَتَى شَارَكَ فِيْ الصَّيْدِ مَا لاَ يُبَاحُ قَتْلُهُ، مِثْلَ أَنْ يُشَارِكَ كَلْبَهُ أَوْ سَهْمَهُ كَلْبٌ أَوْ سَهْمٌ لاَ يَعْلَمُ مُرْسِلَهُ، أَوْ لاَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سُمِّيَ عَلَيْهِ، أَوْ رَمَاهُ بِسَهْمٍ مَسْمُوْمٍ يُعِيْنُ عَلىٰ قَتْلِهِ، أَوْ غَرِقَ فِيْ الْمَاءِ، أَوْ وَجَدَ بِهِ أَثَرًا غَيْرَ أَثَرِ السَّهْمِ أَوِ اْلكَلْبِ، يُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُ مَاتَ بِهِ، لَمْ يَحِلَّ؛ لِمَا رَوَى عَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ  قَالَ: "إِذَا أَرْسَلْتَ كَلْبَكَ وَذَكَرْتَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَليْه فَأَمْسَكَ عَلَيْكَ فَأَدْرَكْتَهُ حَيًّا فَاذْبَحْهُ، وَإِنْ قَتَلَ وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ فَكُلْهُ فإنَّ أخْذَ الكَلبِ لَه ذَكَاةٌ، فَإن أكَلَ فلا تَأكُلْ فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِنَّمَا أَمْسَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَإِنْ خَالَطَهَا كِلاْبٌ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا فَلَا تَأْكُلْ فَإنَّك إِنَّمَا سَمَّيْتَ عَلَى كَلْبِكَ وَلَمْ تُسَمِّ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ، و إِذَا أرسَلْتَ سَهْمَكَ فَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَليه، وإن غَابَ عَنْكَ يَوْمًا أو يَومَيْن ولَمْ تَجِدْ فِيهِ إلا أثَرَ سَهْمِكَ فَكُلْهُ إنْ شِئْتَ، وَإنْ وَجَدْتَهُ