Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: The hadith of Hajjaj, on the authority of Hammad ibn Salamah, is not sound.(1)

18 - Chapter on Hunting Game (2)
4296 - 'Amr ibn 'Ali informed us, saying: Ibn Sawaa' narrated to us, saying: Sa'id narrated to us, from Abu
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= with the wording "by narration" in Ahmad (15148), thus the suspicion of his tadlis is removed, and he was followed as will come in the takhrij. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under numbers (4788) and (6219).
Ahmad (14652), (14767), and (15148), and Ibn Majah (2161) also narrated it via the path of Ibn Lahi'ah, from Abu al-Zubayr, from him, without his statement: "except a hunting dog." The second narration of Ahmad and the narration of Ibn Majah are abridged with the wording: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade the price of a cat."
Muslim (1569) and Ibn Hibban (4940) also narrated it via the path of Ma'qil ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Jazari, from Abu al-Zubayr, who said: I asked Jabir about the price of a dog and a cat. He said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, rebuked that.
Ahmad (14166), Abu Dawud (3480) and (3807), al-Tirmidhi (1280), and Ibn Majah (3250) also narrated it via the path of 'Umar ibn Zayd al-San'ani, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade the price of a cat. Its wording in Abu Dawud (3807) in one narration, and in al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah, is: "He forbade eating a cat and its price." Al-Tirmidhi said: A gharib hadith.
Ahmad (14652) also narrated it via the path of 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, and Abu Dawud (3479) and al-Tirmidhi (1279) via the path of Abu Sufyan Talhah ibn Nafi', both from Jabir, from him, without his statement: "except a hunting dog." Al-Tirmidhi and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr in "al-Tamhid" 8/402-403 declared the path of Abu Sufyan defective due to disagreement concerning it regarding al-A'mash, while Ibn al-Jarud (580), al-Hakim 2/34, and al-Bayhaqi 6/11 declared it sound, and it is closer to being correct, and Allah knows best; because the hadith was not narrated exclusively by Abu Sufyan.
It will be repeated with its chain and text under number (4668).
Al-Sindi said: "'Except a hunting dog' — it is said: some people took this exception and permitted the sale of a hunting dog, while the majority forbid it, and they responded that the hadith is weak by the agreement of the hadith scholars."
I say: Perhaps the exception is intended, otherwise the hadith was narrated by Muslim in his "Sahih" without the exception.
(1) In a copy in the margin of (K): "as sound."
(2) This heading is from (R) and (M), and on the margin of (K) came something to the effect that this heading is present in =