The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

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Ubaydullah ibn Muadh narrated to us: My father narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us, from Tawbah al-Anbari, who heard al-Shabi, who heard Ibn Umar say: The Prophet was with some of his Companions, including Sad, when a dabb was brought to them. One of the Prophet wives called out: “It is dabb meat.” The Messenger of Allah said: “Eat, for it is lawful, but it is not among my foods.”

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us, from Tawbah al-Anbari, who said: Al-Shabi said to me: Have you considered the report of al-Hasan from the Prophet? I stayed with Ibn Umar for nearly two years, or a year and a half, and did not hear him narrate anything from the Prophet except this. There were some of the Prophets Companions, including Sad, who related a report like the report of Muadh.

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Yahya ibn Yahya said: I recited to Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, from Abdullah ibn Abbas, who said: Khalid ibn al-Walid and I entered the house of Maymunah with the Messenger of Allah. A roasted dabb was brought to him. The Messenger of Allah reached for it, but some of the women in Maymunah house said: “Tell the Messenger of Allah what he is about to eat.” The Messenger of Allah withdrew his hand. I asked: “Is it forbidden, Messenger of Allah?” He said: “No, but it was not found in the land of my people, so I find myself averse to it.” Khalid said: I pulled it toward me and ate it while the Messenger of Allah watched.

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Abu al-Tahir and Harmalah narrated this to me, both from Ibn Wahb. Harmalah said: Ibn Wahb informed us: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf al-Ansari, that Abdullah ibn Abbas informed him that Khalid ibn al-Walid, known as the Sword of Allah, informed him: I entered with the Messenger of Allah upon Maymunah, the Prophet wife and her maternal aunt and the maternal aunt of Ibn Abbas. We found a roasted dabb there, which her sister Hufaydah bint al-Harith had brought from Najd. She served it to the Messenger of Allah. Food was rarely served to him without it being described and named. The Messenger of Allah reached for the dabb, but one of the women present said: Tell the Messenger of Allah what you have served him. They said: It is dabb, Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah withdrew his hand. Khalid ibn al-Walid asked: Is dabb forbidden, Messenger of Allah? He said: No, but it was not found in the land of my people, so I find myself averse to it. Khalid said: I pulled it toward me and ate it while the Messenger of Allah watched. He did not forbid me.

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Abu Bakr ibn al-Nadr and Abd ibn Humayd narrated this to me. Abd said: He informed me. Abu Bakr said: Yaqqub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sad narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from Salih ibn Kaysan, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl, from Ibn Abbas, who informed him that Khalid ibn al-Walid informed him: I entered with the Messenger of Allah upon Maymunah bint al-Harith, who was his maternal aunt. Dabb meat was served to the Messenger of Allah, brought from Najd by Umm Hufayd bint al-Harith, who was married to a man from Banu Jafar. The Messenger of Allah would not eat anything until he knew what it was. He then related a report like the hadith of Yunus, adding at the end: “Ibn al-Asamm narrated it from Maymunah, and he was in her care.”

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Abd ibn Humayd informed us: Abd al-Razzaq informed us: Mamar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, from Ibn Abbas, who said: While we were in Maymunah house, two roasted dabb were brought to the Prophet. He related a report like theirs, but did not mention Yazid ibn al-Asamm narrating from Maymunah.

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Abd al-Malik ibn Shuaib ibn al-Layth narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from my grandfather, who narrated to me: Khalid ibn Yazid narrated to me: Said ibn Abi Hilal narrated to me, from Ibn al-Munkadir, that Abu Umamah ibn Sahl informed him, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah was brought dabb meat while he was in Maymunah house, with Khalid ibn al-Walid present. He related a report with the meaning of the hadith of al-Zuhri.

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Abu Bakr ibn Nafi narrated to us. Ibn Nafi said: Ghundar informed us: Shubah narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, from Said ibn Jubayr, who said: I heard Ibn Abbas say: My maternal aunt Umm Hufayd presented the Messenger of Allah with ghee, aqit, and several dabb. He ate the ghee and aqit, but left the dabb out of aversion. It was eaten at the table of the Messenger of Allah. Had it been forbidden, it would not have been eaten at the table of the Messenger of Allah.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from al-Shaybani, from Yazid ibn al-Asamm, who said: A newly married man in Medina invited us to a meal and served us thirteen dabb. Some ate and some abstained. The next day I met Ibn Abbas and told him. People gathered around him until some said: The Messenger of Allah said, “I do not eat it, but I do not forbid it or declare it unlawful.” Ibn Abbas said: How badly you have spoken! The Prophet of Allah was sent only to declare what is lawful and what is forbidden. The Messenger of Allah was once with Maymunah, and al-Fadl ibn Abbas, Khalid ibn al-Walid, and another woman were with him. A tray of food with meat was brought to them. When the Prophet was about to eat, Maymunah told him: It is dabb meat. He withdrew his hand and said: “This is meat I have never eaten.” He told them: “Eat.” Al-Fadl, Khalid ibn al-Walid, and the woman ate from it. Maymunah said: I do not eat anything except what the Messenger of Allah eats.

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Ishaq ibn Ibrahim and Abd ibn Humayd informed us: Abd al-Razzaq informed us, from Ibn Jurayj: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say: A dabb was brought to the Messenger of Allah, but he refused to eat it, saying: “I do not know; perhaps it is from the peoples who were transformed.”

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Salamah ibn Shabib narrated this to me: al-Hasan ibn Ayan narrated to us: Maqil narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, who said: I asked Jabir about the dabb. He said: Do not eat it; he found it repulsive. The narrator said: Umar ibn al-Khattab said that the Prophet did not prohibit it. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, lets many people benefit from it; it is the common food of shepherds. If I had some, I would eat it.

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated this to me: Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us, from Dawud, from Abu Nadr, from Abu Said, who said: A man said: Messenger of Allah, we live in a land full of dabb. What do you command us, or what ruling do you give us? He said: “It was mentioned to me that a people from the Children of Israel were transformed.” He neither commanded nor forbade it. Abu Said said: Later, Umar said: Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, lets many people benefit from it. It is the common food of these shepherds, and if I had some, I would eat it. The Messenger of Allah merely disliked it.

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Muhammad ibn Hatim narrated this to me: Bahz narrated to us: Abu Aqil al-Dawraqi narrated to us: Abu Nadr narrated to us, from Abu Said, that a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah and said: I live in a lowland full of dabb, and it is the staple food of my family. He did not answer him. We said: Ask him again. He did so, but the Prophet did not answer him. He asked three times. The Messenger of Allah called to him on the third occasion and said: “Bedouin, Allah cursed or was angry with a tribe of the Children of Israel and transformed them into creatures that crawl on the earth. I do not know; perhaps this is among them. So I do not eat it, nor do I prohibit it.”

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Abu Kamil al-Jahdari narrated to us: Abu Awanah narrated to us, from Abu Yafur, from Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa, who said: We went on seven campaigns with the Messenger of Allah and ate locusts.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, and Ibn Abi Umar narrated this to us, all from Ibn Uyaynah, from Abu Yafur, through this chain. Abu Bakr said in his narration: “Seven campaigns.” Ishaq said: “Six.” Ibn Abi Umar said: “Six or seven.”

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated this to us: Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us. Ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us. Both transmitted it from Shubah, from Abu Yafur, through this chain, and mentioned seven campaigns.

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Jafar narrated to us: Shubah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Zayd, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: We came upon and flushed out a hare at Marr al-Zahran. My companions pursued it until they were exhausted. I ran after it until I caught it, then brought it to Abu Talhah. He slaughtered it and sent its haunch and two thighs to the Messenger of Allah. I brought them to the Messenger of Allah, and he accepted them.

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Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated this to me: Yahya ibn Said narrated to us. Yahya ibn Habib narrated this to me: Khalid, meaning Ibn al-Harith, narrated to us. Both transmitted it from Shubah through this chain. In the narration of Yahya, it says: “Its haunch or its thigh.”

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Ubaydullah ibn Muadh al-Anbari narrated to us: My father narrated to us: Kahmas narrated to us, from Ibn Buraydah, who said: Abdullah ibn al-Mughaffal saw one of his companions flicking pebbles and said: Do not flick pebbles. The Messenger of Allah disliked it, or forbade it, for it neither catches game nor harms an enemy. Rather, it breaks teeth and puts out eyes. Later he saw him flicking pebbles again and said: I told you that the Messenger of Allah disliked it, or forbade it, and now I see you doing it again. I will not speak to you for some time.

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Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Mabid narrated this to me: Uthman ibn Umar narrated to us: Kahmas informed us through this chain, with a similar report.