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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Food

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1789

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Eating Rabbit

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1789

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

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 ‏.‏

Narrated Hisham b. Zaid:

"I heard Anas saying: 'Once we provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran. So the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) rushed after it, and I caught up to it and captured it. I brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it with Marwah. He sent me with its legs - or its thighs - to the Prophet (ﷺ) so he could eat it.'" He (Hisham) said: "I said: 'He ate it?' He said:'He accepted it.'"

[Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from Jubair, 'Ammar, Muhammad bin Safwan, and they say: Muhammad bin Saifi.

This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. They saw no harm in eating rabbit. Some of the people of knowledge disliked eating rabbit, they said that it menstruates.

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1789) and Ahmad (No. 11737).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ ) بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثِقَةٌ مِنْ الْخَامِسَةِ. قَوْلُهُ : ( أَنْفَجْنَا أَرْنَبًا ) بِفَاءٍ مَفْتُوحَةٍ وَجِيمٍ سَاكِنَةٍ أَيْ أَثَرْنَا , يُقَالُ نَفَجَ الْأَرْنَبُ إِذَا ثَارَ وَعَدَا وَانْتَفَجَ كَذَلِكَ وَأَنْفَجْتُهُ إِذَا أَثَرْته مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ , وَيُقَالُ إِنَّ الِانْتِفَاجَ الِاقْشِعْرَارُ , فَكَأَنَّ الْمَعْنَى جَعَلْنَاهَا بِطَلَبِنَا لَهَا تَنْتَفِجُ , وَالِانْتِفَاجُ أَيْضًا اِرْتِفَاعُ الشَّعْرِ وَانْتِفَاشُهُ ( بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ ) مَرِّ بِفَتْحِ الْمِيمِ وَتَشْدِيدِ الرَّاءِ وَالظَّهْرَانِ بِفَتْحِ الْمُعْجَمَةِ بِلَفْظِ تَثْنِيَةِ الظَّهْرِ اِسْمُ مَوْضِعٍ عَلَى مَرْحَلَةٍ مِنْ مَكَّةَ , وَقَدْ يُسَمَّى بِإِحْدَى…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1789
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon The hadith No. 1789
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1789
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 1789

Other versions

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 4109

We started a hare at Marr az-Zahran1 and when I caught it and brought it to Abu Talha he cut its throat and sent its haunch and two hindlegs to God’s messenger, and he accepted it. 1. A wadi near Mecca. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

وَعَن أنس قَالَ: أَنْفَجْنَا أَرْنَبًا بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُ بهَا أَبَا طلحةَ فذبحها وَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بوَرِكِها وفخذْيها فقبِله

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 3243

We passed by Marr Az-Zahran and startled a rabbit. They chased it but got tired, so I chased it and caught it. I brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it and sent its rump and thigh to the Prophet (ﷺ), who accepted it.

فَأَنْفَجْنَا أَرْنَبًا فَسَعَوْا عَلَيْهَا فَلَغَبُوا فَسَعَيْتُ حَتَّى أَدْرَكْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُ بِهَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فَذَبَحَهَا فَبَعَثَ بِعَجُزِهَا وَوَرِكِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَبِلَهَا ‏.‏

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik + 3 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 5535

Once we provoked a rabbit at Marr-az-Zahran. The people chased it till they got tired. Then I caught It and brought it to Abu Talha, who slaughtered it and then sent both its pelvic pieces (or legs) to the Prophet, and the Prophet (ﷺ) accepted the present.

أَنْفَجْنَا أَرْنَبًا وَنَحْنُ بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ، فَسَعَى الْقَوْمُ فَلَغَبُوا، فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَجِئْتُ بِهَا إِلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ فَذَبَحَهَا، فَبَعَثَ بِوَرِكَيْهَا ـ أَوْ قَالَ بِفَخِذَيْهَا ـ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik + 2 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1951a

Messenger of Allah, we live in a land abounding in lizards, so what do you command or what verdict you give (about eating of it)? Thereupon he said: It was mentioned to me that a people from among Bani Isra'il were distorted (so there is a likelihood that those people might have been distorted in…

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَيَنْفَعُ بِهِ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ وَإِنَّهُ لَطَعَامُ عَامَّةِ هَذِهِ الرِّعَاءِ وَلَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي لَطَعِمْتُهُ إِنَّمَا عَافَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏

Narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattāb

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1950

I asked Jabir about ithe eating) of the lizard, whereupon he said: Don't eat that as he (the Holy Prophet) felt disgust. He (the narrator) said that Umar b. al-Khattab reminded: Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) did not declare it to be unlawful. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, has (made it a source) of benefit…

لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهُ ‏.‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَنْفَعُ بِهِ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ فَإِنَّمَا طَعَامُ عَامَّةِ الرِّعَاءِ مِنْهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي طَعِمْتُهُ ‏.‏

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 3791

I was an adolescent boy. I hunted a hare and roasted it. Abu Talha sent its hunch through me to the Prophet (ﷺ), so I brought it to him and he accepted it.

فَصِدْتُ أَرْنَبًا فَشَوَيْتُهَا فَبَعَثَ مَعِي أَبُو طَلْحَةَ بِعَجُزِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا فَقَبِلَهَا ‏.‏

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