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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Invocation When Sending a Trained Dog for Hunting

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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it a condition that one must invoke the name of Allah when sending a trained dog to hunt, because the prey may die from the dog’s bite?

Answer:
Yes, if he invokes the name of Allah, he may eat it, and if he does not invoke the name of Allah, he may not eat it.
When you set off your trained dogs, if you recited the name of Allah (while setting them off), then eat (the game).إذا أرسلت كلبك المعلم وذكرت اسم الله عليه فكل
Sahih Muslim 1929a
With these two conditions: that you sent it and it did not go off on its own; this is the first condition. The second condition is that you mention the name of Allah when sending it. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما ما أفتى به الحسن وإبراهيم النخعي ومالك في إحدى الروايتين عنه — islamhouse.com (48:10)

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