Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1789

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1789
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا، يَقُولُ أَنْفَجْنَا أَرْنَبًا بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ فَسَعَى أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَلْفَهَا فَأَدْرَكْتُهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُ بِهَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فَذَبَحَهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَبَعَثَ مَعِي بِفَخِذِهَا أَوْ بِوَرِكِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَكَلَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَكَلَهُ قَالَ قَبِلَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَعَمَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ وَيُقَالُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَيْفِيٍّ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لاَ يَرَوْنَ بِأَكْلِ الأَرْنَبِ بَأْسًا ‏.‏ وَقَدْ كَرِهَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَكْلَ الأَرْنَبِ وَقَالُوا إِنَّهَا تَدْمِي ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us: Abu Dawud narrated to us: Shu‘bah informed us, from Hisham ibn Zayd ibn Anas, who said: I heard Anas say: We flushed a rabbit out at Marr al-Zahran. The Prophet’s Companions ran after it, and I caught up with it and seized it. I brought it to Abu Talhah, who slaughtered it with a flint stone. He sent its thigh—or its hip—with me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he ate it. I [Hisham] asked, ‘Did he eat it?’ Anas replied, ‘He accepted it.’

Abu ‘Isa said: There are reports on this topic from Jabir, ‘Ammar, and Muhammad ibn Safwan; the latter is also said to be Muhammad ibn Sayfi. This hadith is hasan sahih (good and authentic). Most scholars act on this and see no harm in eating rabbit. Some scholars disliked eating rabbit, saying that it menstruates.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The source says Anas sent the rabbit's thigh or hip (fakhidhaha aw warikaha), preserving the narrator's uncertainty. Marwah is a flint stone used for slaughtering.

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَعَمَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ وَيُقَالُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَيْفِيٍّ ‏.

    The Arabic name is Jabir (جابر), not Jubair; it also says Muhammad ibn Safwan is also called Muhammad ibn Sayfi.

    Should the witness correct the name to Jabir and clarify the variant name?

  • حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ،

    The witness omits the opening transmitters and shortens Hisham ibn Zayd ibn Anas's name.

    Should the English witness include the full chain and name?