Fath al-Rabbani

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) forbade the meat of domestic donkeys and from the jallalah animal, from riding it and from eating its meat.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the meat of domestic donkeys on the day of Khaybar.

Syedna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that on the day of Khaybar, people became busy cooking the meat of domestic donkeys and they also placed pots for cooking. I also placed a pot. When this matter reached the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: I forbid you from this, I forbid you from the meat of donkeys. He said this twice. So the pots were overturned, and I also overturned my pot among those who overturned their pots.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Salit (may Allah be pleased with him), who was a Badri Companion, that he said: We were at Khaybar when the command reached us that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had prohibited the eating of domestic donkey meat. Our condition was such that we were hungry and the pots were boiling with meat, but after receiving this prohibition, we completely overturned them.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Verily, Allah Almighty and His Messenger forbid you from the meat of domestic donkeys; it is impure, eating it is the work of Satan.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that during Khaybar, a man came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I have eaten donkey meat twice. He came again and said: The donkeys are being finished off by being eaten. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then had it announced that surely Allah Almighty and His Messenger have forbidden the eating of domestic donkey meat, because it is impure.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that we found some donkeys outside the settlement. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever is in the pots, throw it all out." When I mentioned this to Saeed bin Jubair, he said: "They were forbidden to eat their meat because they eat filth."

'Amr bin Dinar says: I said to Abu Sha'tha that people say the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating the meat of domestic donkeys. He said: O 'Amr! The ocean of knowledge, Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, rejects this, and he recited this verse: {قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِیمَا أُوحِیَ إِلَیَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلٰی طَاعِمٍ یَطْعَمُہُ} … Say, "I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine." The ocean of knowledge has rejected that donkey meat is forbidden, and this is also supported by Hakam bin 'Amr Ghifari, that the son of Abbas, the ocean of knowledge, did not declare donkey meat forbidden.