Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ السَّعْدِيِّ قَالَ أَمَرَنِي نَاسٌ مِنْ قَوْمِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ سِنَانٍ يُحَدِّدُونَهُ وَيُرَكِّزُونَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيُصْبِحُ وَقَدْ قَتَلَ الضَّبُعَ أَتُرَاهُ ذَكَاتَهُ قَالَ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ فَإِذَا عِنْدَهُ شَيْخٌ أَبْيَضُ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي وَإِنَّكَ لَتَأْكُلُ الضَّبُعَ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا أَكَلْتُهَا قَطُّ وَإِنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ قَوْمِي لَيَأْكُلُونَهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَكْلَهَا لَا يَحِلُّ قَالَ فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ يَرْوِيهِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ يَقُولُ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِي خِطْفَةٍ وَعَنْ كُلِّ نُهْبَةٍ وَعَنْ كُلِّ مُجَثَّمَةٍ وَعَنْ كُلِّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنْ السِّبَاعِ قَالَ فَقَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ صَدَقَ.
English Translation
Ali ibn Asim narrated to us, Suhayl ibn Abi Salih narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Yazid al-Sa'di. He said: People from my tribe ordered me to ask Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab about a spear that they sharpen and plant in the ground, and in the morning they find it has killed a hyena - would that count as proper slaughter? He said: So I sat with Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, and there was an old man with white hair and beard from the people of Sham with him. I asked him about it, and he said to me: "Do you really eat hyenas?" He said: I said, "I have never eaten one, but some people of my tribe do eat them." He said: "Eating them is not permissible." Then the old man said: "O Abdullah, shall I not tell you a hadith I heard from Abu al-Darda' who narrated it from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)?" He said: I said, "Yes." He said: "I heard Abu al-Darda' say: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prohibited every animal that snatches (its prey), every animal taken as plunder, every animal used as a target, and every predator with fangs.'" Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab said: "He spoke the truth."