What is meant by al-mujaththamah (the animal that is used as a target)?
Question

                It is narrated that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) forbade al-mujaththamah (the animal that is used as a target). What is meant by that?.
Praise be to Allah.
    It is narrated that the Prophet (blessings and peace of 
    Allaah be upon him) forbade al-mujaththamah (the animal that is used as a 
    target). That is in the hadeeth which was narrated by al-Tirmidhi (1393) 
    from Abu’l-Darda’ (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger 
    of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) forbade eating 
    al-mujaththamah, which is the animal that has been shot to death with 
    arrows. It was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’ (6857). 

    What is meant by al-mujaththamah has been explained by the 
    narrator of the hadeeth who said: it is the animal that has been shot to 
    death with arrows. 

    In other words, it is the animal that has been held or tied and shot with arrows until it died. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) forbade eating it because it is maytah (dead meat), and has not been slaughtered in accordance with sharee’ah.