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DO NOT FLICK STONES

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“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, forbade the shooting of pebbles as missiles by flicking the thumb and forefinger saying: ‘Such a shot neither kills game, nor is an enemy stopped, but it can injure an eye or break a tooth.’

A relative of ibn Mughat'fal flicked a pebble in this manner and he rebuked him saying: ‘The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, forbade it and told us that it will not kill game.’ But the man did not desist and repeated his act whereupon Ibn Mughaft'al said: ‘I told you the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, has forbidden such a shot and yet you repeated it. I will never speak to you again.’"

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abdullah son of Mughaffal who related this.