حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِکِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ مَوْلَی أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ أَنَّهُ کَانَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّی إِذَا کَانَ بِبَعْضِ طَرِيقِ مَکَّةَ تَخَلَّفَ مَعَ أَصْحَابٍ لَهُ مُحْرِمِينَ وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُحْرِمٍ فَرَأَی حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا فَاسْتَوَی عَلَی فَرَسِهِ فَسَأَلَ أَصْحَابَهُ أَنْ يُنَاوِلُوهُ سَوْطَهُ فَأَبَوْا فَسَأَلَهُمْ رُمْحَهُ فَأَبَوْا عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَهُ ثُمَّ شَدَّ عَلَی الْحِمَارِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَکَلَ مِنْهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَبَی بَعْضُهُمْ فَأَدْرَکُوا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ طُعْمَةٌ أَطْعَمَکُمُوهَا اللَّهُ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 847
Abu Qatadah narrated that: He was with the Prophet and when he got to one of the roads of Makkah some of the companions were Muhrim and he (Abu Qatadah) was not a Muhrim. So he saw a wild donkey, so he mounted his horse, asked his companions to give him his whip but they refused, so he asked them to give him his spear and they refused. So he (himself) took it and struck the donkey killing it. Some of the Companions of the Prophet ate it and some of them refused. When they caught up to the Prophet they asked him about that and he said: It is only food which Allah fed you.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020