Chapter 01 - Food

1359. Abu Hurairah   narrated that the Messenger of Allah   said, "Eating any predatory beast that has fangs, is prohibited." Related by Muslim.






1360. Muslim transmitted the same Hadith on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas   'He (The Messenger of Allah ) prohibited .. .' and had the additional phrase, 'and every bird with talons.'






1361. Jabir , narrated. 'On the Day of Khaibar, the Messenger of Allah   prohibited eating the flesh of domestic asses, but permitted horse flesh.' Agreed upon.







1362. Ibn Abi Aula (RAA) narrated. 'We went on seven expeditions with the Messenger of Allah   and we ate locusts.' Agreed upon.







1363. Anas  narrated regarding the story of the rabbit, (407)  “He (Abu Talha) slaughtered it and sent its leg to the Messenger of Allah   and he accepted it.' Agreed upon.

407. Anas and some other companions  chased a rabbit at Marr Adh- Dhahran, and his companions got tired of chasing it, but Anas kept on till he caught it and brought it to Abu Talhah who sent its leg to the Prophet  







1364. Ibn 'Abbas  The Messenger of Allah  prohibited killing four creatures: ants, bees, hoopoes and shrikes.' Related by Ahmad and Abu Dawud, Ibn Hibban graded it as Sahih.







1365. Ibn Abi ‘Ammar narrated, 'I said to Jabir , 'Is hyena a kind of game?'(408) He replied, 'Yes.' I asked, 'Did Allah's Messenger   say that?' He replied. 'Yes.' Related by Ahmad and the four Imams. Al-Bukhari and Ibn Hibban graded it as Sahih.

408. According to this Hadith, eating hyena is permissible, but some scholars say that it is prohibited to eat it as it digs into graves to get human flesh.






1366. Ibn 'Umar   narrated that he was asked about a hedgehog and he then recited, "Say (0 Muhammad)  I find not in that which has been inspired to me  anything forbidden.."  (Surah Al-An’am 6:145). An old man who was present said, 'I heard Abu Hurairah  say, 'It was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet  and he   said, "It is an abomination from those things which are abominable."Ibn 'Umar  then said, 'If the Messenger of Allah   had said that, then it is as hesl1  said.' Related by Ahmad and Abu Dawud with a weak chain of narrators.





1367. Ibn 'Umar   narrated, 'The Messenger of Allah  prohibited eating the animal which feeds on filth or drinks its milk.' Related by the four Imams except for An-Nasa'i, At-Tirmidhi graded it as Hasan.






1368. Abu Qatadah   narrated concerning the story of the zebra 'The Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ate from it.' Agreed upon. (refer to Hadith no. 753 Book of Pilgrimage Chapter 04).






1369. Asma' bint Abu Bakr  narrated, 'During the lifetime of the Prophet   we slaughtered a horse and ate it.' Agreed upon.







1370. Ibn 'Abbas  narrated. 'The sand lizard (409) was served as food on the table of the Prophet .' Agreed upon.

409. The Messenger of Allah   did not prohibit them from eating it but he did not like it himself.






1371. 'Abdur Rahman bin "Uthman al-Qurashi   narrated, 'A doctor consulted the Prophet   about extracting medicine from a frog but he prohibited killing it.' Related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i. Al-Hakim graded it as Sahih.