حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ کَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ کَثِيرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ إِسْحَقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَکَانَ الْحَارِثُ خَلِيفَةُ عُثْمَانَ عَلَی الطَّائِفِ فَصَنَعَ لِعُثْمَانَ طَعَامًا فِيهِ مِنْ الْحَجَلِ وَالْيَعَاقِيبِ وَلَحْمِ الْوَحْشِ قَالَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَی عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَجَائَهُ الرَّسُولُ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَخْبِطُ لِأَبَاعِرَ لَهُ فَجَائَهُ وَهُوَ يَنْفُضُ الْخَبَطَ عَنْ يَدِهِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ کُلْ فَقَالَ أَطْعِمُوهُ قَوْمًا حَلَالًا فَأَنَا حُرُمٌ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنْشُدُ اللَّهَ مَنْ کَانَ هَا هُنَا مِنْ أَشْجَعَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَهْدَی إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَأَبَی أَنْ يَأْکُلَهُ قَالُوا نَعَمْ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 1849
Abdullah ibn al-Harith reported on the authority of his father al-Harith: (My father) al-Harith was the governor of at-Taif under the caliph Uthman. He prepared food for Uthman which contained birds and the flesh of wild ass. He sent it to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). When the Messenger came to him he was beating leaves for camels and shaking them off with his hand. He said to him: Eat it. He replied: Give it to the people who are not in sacred state; we are wearing ihram. I adjure the people of Ashja who are present here. Do you know that a man presented a wild ass to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in ihram? But he refused to eat from it. They said: Yes.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020