the arrow or from drowning; in such a case, drowning is deemed the more likely cause and the animal is not lawful. However, if he shot it and, because of the force of the shot, it fell into the water and he immediately retrieved it, then it is permissible, for its fall into the water resulted directly from his shot and there was no interval in which it could have drowned.

15 – His words, “then eat of it so long as it has not become muntin (putrid).” The term muntin refers to meat whose taste has altered, something that happens only after the flesh has spoiled; once spoiled, its benefit is lost and it becomes harmful. This indicates the reprehensibility of eating putrid meat.

Sharḥ al-Iqnāʿ states: “It is disliked to eat foul-smelling meat,” and this was mentioned by a number of scholars.

In Sahih Muslim (1931) it is recorded from Abū Thaʿlabah al-Khushani that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When you shoot your arrow and it goes out of sight, then you come upon it, eat of it so long as it has not become putrid.”