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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 175

“The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by an animal which had been branded and its nostrils were smoking. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa…

Jabirnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by the Encyclopedia
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حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ

قَالَ: مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِدَابَّةٍ قَدْ وُسِمَ يُدَخِّنُ مَنْخِرَاهُ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا، لَا يَسِمَنَّ أَحَدٌ الْوَجْهَ وَلَا يَضْرِبَنَّهُ»

“The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by an animal which had been branded and its nostrils were smoking. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Allah curses any person who does this. No one should mark the face nor strike it.’”

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 175, Book 9, Being a master, Hadith 20. 1 min read

What it means

Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr (may Allah have mercy upon him) reported that ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) once passed by some young men of the Quraysh tribe who had tied a bird and made it a target at which they were shooting arrows to see who is more skilled at archery. When they saw Ibn ‘Umar coming, they dispersed and ran away from him.

He inquired about what was going on, and when the people told him, he said: "May Allah curse whoever has done this," and he mentioned that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) invoked the curse of Allah upon whoever takes any living creature as a target to shoot at. That is because such action makes the bird suffer pain as one hits its wing, another hits its chest, and a third hits its back or head, and so on.

Thus, the bird suffers without dying, while it is possible to slaughter it at the neck in the lawful manner which kills it instantly without making it suffer. That is why the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) invoked curse upon whoever makes any living creature a target of shooting.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2خَالِدٌTold us
  3. 3سُفْيَانُTold us
  4. 4Abu az-Zubayr al-MakkiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
  5. 5Jabir ibn AbdullahFrom, Companion, died 68 AH

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