and someone else then brings it down, it still belongs to the first hunter—unless the animal has re-entered the wild and become difficult to approach; in that case it is the property of whoever captures it the second time.

Whatever falls into a snare or net belongs to the one who set it. Yet if another person has driven the quarry into the snare, and without that assistance the catch would not have been possible, the owner of the snare shares the game with him.

Anything that becomes trapped in the man-made cavities (jiyāḥ) cut into a mountainside for bees is subject to the same ruling as snares and nets.

Dovecote pigeons are to be returned to their owners whenever that can reasonably be done, and the same applies to bees from the mountain hives; this has been reported from Mālik and upheld by a number of his students. Even so, a person who comes into possession of such pigeons or bees is not legally bound to restore them.

If a fish flops into a boat, it belongs to the one who seizes it, not to the boat’s owner.

The owner of a pool or pond may not prevent others from fishing in it unless he has erected a barrier and explicitly restricted access.

Should hunting dogs press game so hard that it bolts into someone’s house or courtyard, the quarry belongs to the hunter who released the dogs, not to the homeowner. If, however, the animal enters the house of its own accord, without being driven there by the dogs, it belongs to the householder.