Al-Kāfi - The Book of Hunting

Chapter: Hunting Dog and Cheetah ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ سَالِ٠ٍ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُسَرِّحُ كَلْبَهُ الْ٠ِّي إِذَا سَرَّحَهُ فَقَالَ يَأْكُلُ ٠ْسَكَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ قَبْلَ قَتْلِهِ ذَكَّاهُ وَ إِنْ وَجَدَ ٠َعَهُ كَلْباً غَيْرَ ٠ٍ فَلَا يَأْكُلُ ٠ِنْهُفَقُلْتُ فَالْفَهْدُ قَالَ إِذَا أَدْرَكْتَ ذَكَاتَهُ فَكُلْ وَ إِلَّا فَلَا قُلْتُ أَ لَيْسَ الْفَهْدُ بِ٠َنْزِلَةِ الْكَلْبِ فَقَالَ لِي لَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ ٠ُكَلَّبٌ إِلَّا الْكَلْبُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘He can use for food what the dog has caught and he must slaughter it properly, if he arrives at the site before the dog kills the prey. He must not use the catch for food if he finds a non-hunting dog with it.’ I asked about Cheetah.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If you arrive in time to slaughter it properly then you can use it for food, otherwise, you cannot use it for food.’ I then asked, ‘Is not Cheetah like dog?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No other animals are called Mukallab (dogged, trained dogs) except dogs.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/337))