English translation
2827. It was narrated that 'Abdullâh bin Abî Qatâdah said: "My father set out with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ in the year of Al-Hudaybiyah, and his companions entered Iḥrâm, but he did not. (He said:) 'While I was with my companions, some of them laughed at others. I looked and saw an onager. I stabbed it then asked them to help, but they refused to help me. We ate from its meat, and we were afraid that we would be intercepted (by the enemy) so I followed the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, sometimes making my horse gallop and sometimes traveling at a regular pace. I met a man from Ghifâr at midnight and said: Where did you leave the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ? He said: I left him when he was napping in As-Suqyâ. I caught up with him and said: O Messenger of Allâh! Your Companions convey their greetings of Salâm to you, and the mercy of Allâh and His blessings. They were afraid that they may be intercepted and cut off from you, so wait for them. Then I said: O Messenger of Allâh, I caught an onager and I have some of it. He said to the people: Eat, and they were in Iḥrâm.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
