ZAID- IBN- ALKHAIR and ODAY- IBN- HATAM said to the prophet:- ``We are a group of hunters that hunt by hounds and hawks that we have trained for that purpose. Our hounds catch the prey for us, and we get some of them alive- which we slaughter them ritually, but some of the preys are killed by our hunting animals before we reach them; and so we receive them deads, while we know that eating dead meat has been prohibited by Allah. What, then, are we to do with such dead preys?'' This verse (No. 4) was sent down to answer that question. CAUSE OF THE REVELATION (VERSE NO. 4)