[1] Recreational Hunting كِتَابُ زَيْدٍ النَّرْسِيِّ...

[1] Recreational Hunting كِتَابُ زَيْدٍ النَّرْسِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ طَلَبِ الصَّيْدِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ أَلْهُو بِطَلَبِ الصَّيْدِ وَ ضَرْبِ الصَّوَالِجِ وَ أَلْهُو بِلَعِبِ الشِّطْرَنْجِ The book of Zayd Al Narsy – ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws , he (the narrator) said, ‘One of our companions asked him about seeking the prey (hunting), and said to him -asws , ‘I am a man entertained by seeking the prey (hunting), and striking the riding stick (on the riding animal), and entertained by playing chess’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَمَّا الصَّيْدُ فَإِنَّهُ مُبْتَغًى بَاطِلٌ وَ إِنَّمَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ الصَّيْدَ لِمَنِ اضْطُرَّ إِلَى الصَّيْدِ فَلَيْسَ الْمُضْطَرُّ إِلَى طَلَبِهِ سَعْيُهُ فِيهِ بَاطِلًا وَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ التَّقْصِيرُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَ الصِّيَامِ جَمِيعاً إِذَا كَانَ مُضْطَرّاً إِلَى أَكْلِهِ He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘As for the hunting, it is a vain desire, and rather Allah -azwj has Permitted the hunting for the one who is desperate to the hunting (under compulsion to save life).

وَ إِنْ كَانَ مِمَّنْ يَطْلُبُهُ لِلتِّجَارَةِ وَ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ حِرْفَةٌ إِلَّا مِنْ طَلَبِ الصَّيْدِ فَإِنَّ سَعْيَهُ حَقٌّ وَ عَلَيْهِ التَّمَامُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَ الصِّيَامِ لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ تِجَارَتُهُ فَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ صَاحِبِ الدَّوْرِ الَّذِي يَدُورُ الْأَسْوَاقَ فِي طَلَبِ التِّجَارَةِ أَوْ كَالْمُكَارِي And if it was, from the one who seeks it for the business, and there isn’t any profession for him except hunting, then his striving is rightful, and upon him is the complete in the Salat and the fasting, because that is his business, so he is at the status of the companion of the rotation ( kaseer ul-safar ), the one who rotates in the markets in seeking the trade, or like the animal hirer.