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HUNTING WITH A HUNTING DOG
Ruling 2626. If a hunting dog hunts a wild animal that is lawful to eat, the hunted animal is pure and lawful to eat if six conditions are fulfilled:
1. the dog must be trained in a manner that whenever it is sent to hunt, it goes, and whenever it is restrained, it stays. However, there is no problem if it cannot be restrained once it is has drawn close to the prey and seen it. There is also no problem if it has a habit of eating the prey before its owner reaches it. Similarly, there is no problem if it has a habit of drinking the prey’s blood. However, based on obligatory precaution, the condition is that if its owner wishes to take the prey from it, it must not have a habit of preventing its owner and opposing him;
2. its owner must have sent it [to hunt the prey]. Therefore, if the dog hunts the prey of its own accord and kills it, it is unlawful to eat it. In fact, if it hunts the prey of its own accord and after that its owner calls it to catch the prey quicker, then even if the dog hastens to the prey on account of its owner’s call, one must refrain from eating the prey based on obligatory precaution;
3. the person who sends the dog must be a Muslim as per the details mentioned in the conditions relating to hunting with a weapon;
4. when the hunter sends the dog, or before the dog reaches the prey, the hunter must mention the name of Allah the Exalted. If he intentionally does not mention the name of Allah the Exalted, the prey is unlawful to eat. However, there is no problem if he forgets;
5. the prey must die due to the wound inflicted by the dog’s teeth. Therefore, if the dog suffocates the prey or if the prey dies as a result of running or fear, it is not lawful to eat;
6. the person who sent the dog must reach the prey after it has died, or if it is still alive, there should not be enough time to slaughter it as long as he has not delayed in reaching the prey for an abnormal length of time. If when he reaches the prey there is enough time to slaughter it but he does not, it is not lawful to eat.
Ruling 2627. If the person who sent the dog reaches the prey when there is enough time for him to slaughter it, in the event that some time passes while he does some things that are preliminary to slaughtering it, such as taking out his knife, and the prey dies, it is lawful to eat it. However, if he does not have anything with him to slaughter the prey with and it dies, then based on obligatory precaution, it is not lawful to eat it. Of course, if he lets the prey go in this situation so that the dog kills it, it becomes lawful to eat.
Ruling 2628. If a person sends a number of dogs to hunt a prey together and all of them fulfil the conditions mentioned in Ruling 2626, the prey is lawful to eat. But if one of the dogs does not fulfil those conditions, the prey is unlawful to eat.
Ruling 2629. If a person sends a dog to hunt an animal and the dog hunts another animal instead, that animal is lawful to eat and pure. Also, if the dog hunts that animal and another animal, both of them are lawful to eat and are pure.
Ruling 2630. If a number of people together send a dog for hunting and one of them intentionally does not mention the name of Allah the Exalted, the prey is unlawful to eat. If one of the dogs that are sent has not been trained in the manner described in Ruling 2626, the prey is unlawful to eat.
Ruling 2631. If a hawk or animal other than a hunting dog hunts an animal, that animal is not lawful to eat. However, if the hunter reaches the animal while it is still alive and slaughters it in the manner mentioned earlier, it is lawful to eat.
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1. the dog must be trained in a manner that whenever it is sent to hunt, it goes, and whenever it is restrained, it stays. However, there is no problem if it cannot be restrained once it is has drawn close to the prey and seen it. There is also no problem if it has a habit of eating the prey before its owner reaches it. Similarly, there is no problem if it has a habit of drinking the prey’s blood. However, based on obligatory precaution, the condition is that if its owner wishes to take the prey from it, it must not have a habit of preventing its owner and opposing him;
2. its owner must have sent it [to hunt the prey]. Therefore, if the dog hunts the prey of its own accord and kills it, it is unlawful to eat it. In fact, if it hunts the prey of its own accord and after that its owner calls it to catch the prey quicker, then even if the dog hastens to the prey on account of its owner’s call, one must refrain from eating the prey based on obligatory precaution;
3. the person who sends the dog must be a Muslim as per the details mentioned in the conditions relating to hunting with a weapon;
4. when the hunter sends the dog, or before the dog reaches the prey, the hunter must mention the name of Allah the Exalted. If he intentionally does not mention the name of Allah the Exalted, the prey is unlawful to eat. However, there is no problem if he forgets;
5. the prey must die due to the wound inflicted by the dog’s teeth. Therefore, if the dog suffocates the prey or if the prey dies as a result of running or fear, it is not lawful to eat;
6. the person who sent the dog must reach the prey after it has died, or if it is still alive, there should not be enough time to slaughter it as long as he has not delayed in reaching the prey for an abnormal length of time. If when he reaches the prey there is enough time to slaughter it but he does not, it is not lawful to eat.
Ruling 2627. If the person who sent the dog reaches the prey when there is enough time for him to slaughter it, in the event that some time passes while he does some things that are preliminary to slaughtering it, such as taking out his knife, and the prey dies, it is lawful to eat it. However, if he does not have anything with him to slaughter the prey with and it dies, then based on obligatory precaution, it is not lawful to eat it. Of course, if he lets the prey go in this situation so that the dog kills it, it becomes lawful to eat.
Ruling 2628. If a person sends a number of dogs to hunt a prey together and all of them fulfil the conditions mentioned in Ruling 2626, the prey is lawful to eat. But if one of the dogs does not fulfil those conditions, the prey is unlawful to eat.
Ruling 2629. If a person sends a dog to hunt an animal and the dog hunts another animal instead, that animal is lawful to eat and pure. Also, if the dog hunts that animal and another animal, both of them are lawful to eat and are pure.
Ruling 2630. If a number of people together send a dog for hunting and one of them intentionally does not mention the name of Allah the Exalted, the prey is unlawful to eat. If one of the dogs that are sent has not been trained in the manner described in Ruling 2626, the prey is unlawful to eat.
Ruling 2631. If a hawk or animal other than a hunting dog hunts an animal, that animal is not lawful to eat. However, if the hunter reaches the animal while it is still alive and slaughters it in the manner mentioned earlier, it is lawful to eat.