{"id":10073,"date":"2012-11-28T00:37:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T05:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailyhadithonline.com\/?p=10073"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:03:03","slug":"haram-animals-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abuaminaelias.com\/dailyhadithonline\/2012\/11\/28\/haram-animals-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Hadith on Animals: Forbidden to use living animals as targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sa\u2019id ibn Jubayr reported: I was with Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, when we passed by a group who had tied down a chicken and they were using it as a target. When they saw Ibn Umar, they fled and left it behind. Ibn Umar said, \u201cWho has done this? 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