Sunan Abi Dawud

Sunan Abi Dawud 3792

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي خَالِدَ بْنَ الْحُوَيْرِثِ، يَقُولُ إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو كَانَ بِالصِّفَاحِ - قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ مَكَانٌ بِمَكَّةَ - وَإِنَّ رَجُلاً جَاءَ بِأَرْنَبٍ قَدْ صَادَهَا فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ قَدْ جِيءَ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْهَا وَلَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْ أَكْلِهَا وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهَا تَحِيضُ ‏.‏

Translation

Yahya ibn Khalaf narrated to us: Rawh ibn ʿUbadah narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Khalid narrated to us. He said: I heard my father, Khalid ibn al-Huwayrith, say: ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr was at al-Sifah—Muhammad said it is a place in Mecca. A man came with a hare he had hunted and said, “ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr, what do you say?” He replied: “It was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while I was sitting there. He did not eat it, nor did he forbid eating it. He believed that it menstruates.”