Hadith #292
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مِنْ مَنْزِلهِ فَمَرَرْنَا بِفِتْيَانٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ نَصَبُوا طَيْرًا يَرْمُ
ونَهُ وَقَدْ جَعَلُوا لِصَاحِبِ الطَّيْرِ كُلَّ خَاطِئَةٍ مِنْ نَبْلِهِمْ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ابْنَ عُمَرَ تَفَرَّقُوا فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَعَنَ مَنْ اتَّخَذَ شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا
Isnad Chain
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (رضي الله عنهما) — via Hushaym, from Abu Bishr, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr — that he said: 'I went out with Ibn 'Umar from his home, and we passed by some young men from Quraysh who had set up a bird as a target and were shooting arrows at it — they had agreed that every missed shot would go as a forfeit to the owner of the bird. When they saw Ibn 'Umar, they scattered. Ibn 'Umar said: "Who did this? May Allah curse whoever did this — for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed whoever takes a living creature as a target."'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 14, Hadith 292
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 5330
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-41720