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Sunan an-Nasai 4344 — Wild Donkey Meat While in Ihram
Permissibility Of Eating The Flesh Of Onagers (Wild Donkeys)
Wild Donkey Meat During Ihram: A Hadith on Hunted Game
Sunan an-Nasai : 4344
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4344
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ، - هُوَ ابْنُ مُضَرَ - عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ، قَالَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِبَعْضِ أَثَايَا الرَّوْحَاءِ وَهُمْ حُرُمٌ إِذَا حِمَارُ وَحْشٍ مَعْقُورٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " دَعُوهُ فَيُوشِكُ صَاحِبُهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ " . فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَهْزٍ هُوَ الَّذِي عَقَرَ الْحِمَارَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ شَأْنَكُمْ هَذَا الْحِمَارُ . فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَبَا بَكْرٍ يُقَسِّمُهُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ .
'Umair bin Salamah Ad-Damri Narrated from:
While we were traveling with the Prophet in part of Athaya Ar-Rawha and they were in Ihram, we saw a wounded onager, the Messenger of Allah said: "Leave it, for soon the one who wounded it will come,' then a man from Bahz came, and he was the one who had wounded the onager. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, it is up to you what you do with this onager,' The Messenger of Allah ordered Abu Bakr to distribute it among the people."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4344In-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 82English translation : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4349
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4344
This hadith deals with wild donkey meat during ihram. The Prophet and his companions were traveling while they were in ihram when they saw a wounded onager. He told them to leave it because the person who had wounded it would soon arrive. When that hunter came, he offered the animal to the Messenger of Allah and left the decision to him. The Prophet then instructed Abu Bakr to distribute it among the people. The account shows that the animal was not simply taken without the hunter’s permission. It also shows that the meat was shared among the group after the hunter offered it. For searches about eating hunted game in ihram, this narration centers on game hunted by someone else and then given to the pilgrims.
What we learn from this hadith
- The pilgrims did not take the wounded animal before its hunter arrived.
- The hunter gave the onager to the Messenger of Allah.
- Abu Bakr was told to distribute the meat among the people.
- The report concerns game hunted by another person while the group was in ihram.
