1566 - Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, saying: Waki' narrated to us, saying: Sufyan narrated to us, from his father, from 'Abayah ibn Rifa'ah, from his grandfather Rafi' ibn Khadij, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, similar to it. And he did not mention in it: 'Abayah, from his father. And this is more correct.

And the practice is upon this according to the people of knowledge.

And thus Shu'bah narrated it, from Sa'id ibn Masruq, similar to the narration of Sufyan.

End of the Book of Hunting.

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(1) A sound hadith, and it was narrated in extended and abridged form by Ahmad (15806), al-Bukhari (2488), Muslim (1968), Ibn Majah (3183), and al-Nasa'i 7/191-192 and 228 and 228-229, through multiple chains from Sa'id ibn Masruq al-Thawri, the father of Sufyan, with this chain of transmission.

And see what precedes it.

His saying: "nadda" with a fatha on the nun and a shadda on the dal, meaning: it fled.

His saying: "awabid like the awabid of wild beasts" — al-awabid is the plural of abidah, which refers to [animals] that have become wild, i.e., have grown feral and fled from humans. "Al-Nihayah" 1/13.

(2) His saying: "And thus Shu'bah narrated it..." up to here is not found in our manuscript sources, nor in al-'Iraqi's commentary, and it is established in al-Mubarakfuri's commentary.