Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Hibban bin Jaz’, narrates from his brother Hazrat Khuzaymah bin Jaz’ that he said: I submitted, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I have come to you with the intention of asking about the land-dwelling creatures that are hunted. What do you say about the hare? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I neither eat it nor declare it unlawful." I said: The thing which you have not declared unlawful, may I eat it? Why, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It has been told to me that it sheds blood (it menstruates)."