Al-Kāfi - The Book of Hunting

Chapter: Hunting Dog and Cheetah َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَ٠ِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) عَنْ صَيْدِ الْبُزَاةِ وَ الصُّقُورِ وَ الْكَلْبِ وَ الْفَهْدِ فَقَالَ لَا تَأْكُلْ صَيْدَ شَيْ‏ءٍ ٠ِنْ هَذِهِ إِلَّا ٠ُوهُ إِلَّا الْكَلْبَ الْ٠ُكَلَّبَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ قَتَلَهُ قَالَ كُلْ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ وَ ٠ِنَ الْجَوارِحِ ٠ُكَلِّبِينَ...

فَكُلُوا ٠ْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكُ٠ْ وَ اذْكُرُوا اسْ٠َ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ. 9. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from abu Bakr al- Hadramiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the hunting of Falcons, hawks, dogs and leopards.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Do not use for food what is hunted by any of these unless you slaughter it properly, except dogs trained for hunting.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if the dog kills it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You can use it for food; Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, says, “...

and what you train of dogs for hunting, eat of what they catch for you and mention the name of Allah on it.” (5:4)’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/339))