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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Sahih Muslim 1939

Chapter: The prohibition of eating the meat of domesticated donkeys

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 1939

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

وَحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الأَزْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي إِنَّمَا نَهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ

حَمُولَةَ النَّاسِ فَكَرِهَ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ حَمُولَتُهُمْ أَوْ حَرَّمَهُ فِي يَوْمِ خَيْبَرَ لُحُومَ الْحُمُرِ الأَهْلِيَّةِ ‏.‏

Ibn 'Abbas reported:

I do not know whether Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited (the eating of the domestic ass) due to the fact that they were the beasts of burden for the people, so he (the Holy Prophet) did not like their beasts of burden to be destroyed (as a matter of expediency), or he prohibited the use of the flesh of domestic asses (not as an expediency but as a law of the Shari'ah) on the Day of Khaibar.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1939) and Al-Bukhari (No. 4227).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( كَانَ حَمُولَة النَّاس ) بِفَتْحِ الْحَاء أَيْ الَّذِي يَحْمِل مَتَاعهمْ.…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4227

I do not know whether the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the eating of donkey-meat (temporarily) because they were the beasts of burden for the people, and he disliked that their means of transportation should be lost, or he forbade it on the day of Khaibar permanently.

لاَ أَدْرِي أَنَهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ حَمُولَةَ النَّاسِ، فَكَرِهَ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ حَمُولَتُهُمْ، أَوْ حَرَّمَهُ فِي يَوْمِ خَيْبَرَ، لَحْمَ الْحُمُرِ الأَهْلِيَّةِ‏.‏

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

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  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (6062)لا أَدْرِي أَنْهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، مِنَ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ حَمُولَةَ النَّاسِ , فَكَرِهَ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ حَمُولاتُهُمْ ، أَوْ حَرَّمَهُ فِي يَوْمِ خَيْبَرَ ، لُحُومَ الْحُمُرِ الأَهْلِيَّةِ
  • معرفة السنن والآثار للبيهقي (4979)لا أَدْرِي أَنَهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ حَمُولَةَ النَّاسِ ، فَكَرِهَ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ حَمُولَتُهُمْ أَوْ حَرَّمَهُ فِي يَوْمِ خَيْبَرَ لَحْمَ الْحُمُرِ الأَهْلِيَّةِ

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