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2914. Narrated Abū Qatāda رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ that he was in the company of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and when they had covered a portion of the road to Makkah, he and some of the companions lagged behind. The latter were in a state of Iḥrām(3) while he was not. He saw an onager and rode his horse and requested his companions to give him his lash but they refused. Then he asked them to give
(1) (Ch. 88) "Under the shade of my spear" means, from war booty.
(2) (Ch. 88) Jizya: See glossary.
him his spear but they refused, so he took it himself, attacked the onager, and killed it. Some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ ate of it while some others refused to eat. When they caught up with Allāh's Messenger ﷺ they asked him about that, and he said, "That was a meal Allāh fed you with." (It is also said that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ asked, "Have you got something of its meat?").
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