Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 1823

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ، نَافِعٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي قَتَادَةَ سَمِعَ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْقَاحَةِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى ثَلاَثٍ ح‏.‏ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْقَاحَةِ، وَمِنَّا الْمُحْرِمُ، وَمِنَّا غَيْرُ الْمُحْرِمِ، فَرَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابِي يَتَرَاءَوْنَ شَيْئًا فَنَظَرْتُ، فَإِذَا حِمَارُ وَحْشٍ ـ يَعْنِي وَقَعَ سَوْطُهُ ـ فَقَالُوا لاَ نُعِينُكَ عَلَيْهِ بِشَىْءٍ، إِنَّا مُحْرِمُونَ‏.‏ فَتَنَاوَلْتُهُ فَأَخَذْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ الْحِمَارَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ أَكَمَةٍ، فَعَقَرْتُهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ أَصْحَابِي، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ كُلُوا‏.‏ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لاَ تَأْكُلُوا‏.‏ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ أَمَامَنَا، فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ كُلُوهُ حَلاَلٌ ‏" ‏‏.‏ قَالَ لَنَا عَمْرٌو اذْهَبُوا إِلَى صَالِحٍ فَسَلُوهُ عَنْ هَذَا وَغَيْرِهِ، وَقَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا هَا هُنَا‏.‏

Translation

Abdullah ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us; Salih ibn Kaysan narrated to us, from Abu Muhammad Nafi, the freedman of Abu Qatada, who heard Abu Qatada (may Allah be pleased with him) say: We were with the Prophet at al-Qaha, three stages from Medina. Ali ibn Abdullah also narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us; Salih ibn Kaysan narrated to us, from Abu Muhammad, from Abu Qatada (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: We were with the Prophet at al-Qaha. Some of us were in ihram and some were not. I saw my companions looking toward something, so I looked and saw a wild ass — that is, his whip had fallen. They said: We will not help you with it at all, because we are in ihram. I reached for it and took it, then approached the wild ass from behind a hillock and brought it down. I brought it to my companions. Some of them said: Eat it, while others said: Do not eat it. I went to the Prophet, who was ahead of us, and asked him. He said: Eat it; it is lawful. Amr said to us: Go to Salih and ask him about this and other reports; he has arrived here with us.