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Sahih al-Bukhari 5485صحيح البخاري 5485
وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى عَنْ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ عَدِيٍّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، يَرْمِي الصَّيْدَ فَيَقْتَفِرُ أَثَرَهُ الْيَوْمَيْنِ وَالثَّلاَثَةَ، ثُمَّ يَجِدُهُ مَيِّتًا وَفِيهِ سَهْمُهُ قَالَ " يَأْكُلُ إِنْ شَاءَ ".
And it has also been narrated by `Adi bin Hatim that he asked the Prophet (ﷺ) "If a hunter throws an arrow at the game and after tracing it for two or three days he finds it dead but still bearing his arrow, (can he eat of it)?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "He can eat if he wishes."
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
عبد الأعلى بن عبد الأعلى ← داود بن أبي هند ← عامر بن شراحيل ← عدي بن حاتم
Abd al-A'la ibn Abd al-A'la → Dawud ibn Abi Hind → Amir ibn Sharahil → `Adi bin Hatim
