1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ لا يُذْبَحُ بِمَكَّةَ إِلاَّ الإِبِلُ وَالْبَقَرُ وَالْغَنَمُ وَالدَّجَاجُ.

1. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ‘Abd al-Karim from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘It is prohibited to slaughter any animal in Makkah except camels, cows, sheep and chickens.”’

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ مَا كَانَ يَصُفُّ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَلَيْسَ لَكَ أَنْ تُخْرِجَهُ وَمَا كَانَ لا يَصُفُّ فَلَكَ أَنْ تُخْرِجَهُ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ دَجَاجِ الْحَبَشِ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الصَّيْدِ إِنَّمَا الصَّيْدُ مَا طَارَ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘Of the birds that which flaps its wings in flight is prohibited to be taken out; but you can take out that which does not flap its wings in flight.’ I then asked him (the Imam) about the Ethiopian chicken. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not hunting a prey. Hunting a prey is that which flies between the sky and earth.’”

3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ عَنِ الدَّجَاجِ الْحَبَشِيِّ يُخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا لا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِالطَّيَرَانِ.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Jamil ibn Darraj from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, was asked, when I was present, about the Ethiopian chicken if it can be taken out of al-Haram (the sacred area). He (the Imam) said, ‘Its flight is not independent.’”