Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 6044

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we were going after a cow in order to catch it, but it kept escaping from us and we could not get control of it. A slave of ours named Dhakwan came in front of it with a sword in his hand. The cow went roaming towards a mound, and when it passed by him he struck the cow on its neck with the sword (the narrator is unsure, perhaps the words are:) struck it on its shoulder with the sword, and the sword tore it open. The cow fell, and there was no chance to slaughter it. Abdullah bin Thabit bin al-Jidh' and I went out and met the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We mentioned the matter of the cow to him, and he said: "Eat it. When any animal of this kind escapes from your control, catch it the way you catch wild animals (or force it to stop)."
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Haram bin Uthman, who is matruk (abandoned).