I was walking with Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbas along one of the streets of Medina when we came across some young men who had set up a chicken as a target and were shooting at it, with every miss counted against them. He became angry and said, "Who did this?" They scattered.Then Ibn Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed anyone who mutilates an animal."
حدثنا محمد بن جعفر حدثنا شعبة عن المنهال بن عمرو قال سمعت
مررت مع ابن عمر وابن عباس في طريق من طرق المدينة فإذا فتية قد نصبوا دجاجة يرمونها لهم كل خاطئة قال فغضب وقال من فعل هذا قال فتفرقوا فقال ابن عمر لعن رسول الله ﷺ من يمثل بالحيوان
Its isnad is sahih. Bukhari related it, 9:554-555, through the route of Abu Awana, from Abu Bishr, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Ibn Umar alone. Muslim related it, 2:116, through the route of Abu Awana as well, and likewise through the route of Hushaym, from Abu Bishr. Bukhari said, Sulayman followed him from Shuba, "Minhal told us, from Saeed, from Ibn Umar, the Prophet ﷺ cursed whoever mutilates an animal." And Adi said, from Saeed, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet ﷺ.It becomes clear from this narration in the Musnad that Saeed bin Jubayr was present for this along with Ibn Umar and Ibn Abbas, and that the speaker was Ibn Umar, with Ibn Abbas's silence being agreement with him, and that is why it is recorded here in his Musnad. This meaning has already come from the hadith of Ibn Abbas many times, the last being 2705. It will also come again in the Musnad of Ibn Umar with something close to what is here, 5018, 5587, 5801, 6259, and with a similar meaning, 4622, 5247.Regarding his statement, "for them is every miss," Hafiz said in Fath, in the narration of Ismaili, "There were some young men who had set up a hen and were shooting at it, and for him is every miss." Meaning that whoever hits it takes the arrow that was shot when it misses. This is an explanation that makes no sense. The clear narration is the narration of Muslim, "and they had assigned to the owner of the bird every miss from their arrows." Ibn Athir said, meaning each shot that does not hit it, and "khatia" here carries the sense of "missing," and this explanation is the correct one.