Sunan an-Nasai

Hadith 4348

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Permissibility Of Eating The Flesh Of Onagers (Wild Donkeys)

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Darussalam · Volume 5

42. The Book Of HuntingAnd Slaughtering

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 4343 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 205

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English translation

4348. It was narrated that Jâbir said: "On the Day of Khaibar we ate the flesh of horses, and onagers, but the Prophet ﷺ forbade us (from eating) donkeys." (Sahîh)

Arabic text

4343 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ هُوَ ابْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: أَكَلْنَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ لُحُومَ الْخَيْلِ، وَالْوَحْشِ «وَنَهَانَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْحِمَارِ»

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It is called a wild donkey and its hooves only are like those of the donkey. Otherwise, in reality, it is a wild cow, which happens to be a cow from the angle of its feature and form.