حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَال سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ أَنْفَجْنَا أَرْنَبًا بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ فَسَعَی أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَلْفَهَا فَأَدْرَکْتُهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُ بِهَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فَذَبَحَهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَبَعَثَ مَعِي بِفَخِذِهَا أَوْ بِوَرِکِهَا إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَکَلَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَکَلَهُ قَالَ قَبِلَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَعَمَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ وَيُقَالُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَيْفِيٍّ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَی هَذَا عِنْدَ أَکْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لَا يَرَوْنَ بِأَکْلِ الْأَرْنَبِ بَأْسًا وَقَدْ کَرِهَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَکْلَ الْأَرْنَبِ وَقَالُوا إِنَّهَا تَدْمَی
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1789
Narrated Hisham b. Zaid: I heard Anas saying: 'Once we provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran. So the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) rushed after it, and I caught up to it and captured it. I brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it with Marwah. He sent me with its legs - or its thighs - to the Prophet (ﷺ) so he could eat it.' He (Hisham) said: I said: 'He ate it?' He said:'He accepted it.' [Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from Jubair, 'Ammar, Muhammad bin Safwan, and they say: Muhammad bin Saifi. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. They saw no harm in eating rabbit. Some of the people of knowledge disliked eating rabbit, they said that it menstruates.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020