Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 25870 — Those who disliked eating hare

Hibban bin Jaz' reports from his brother Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Jaz' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I have come to you in order to ask you about the small game creatures of the earth. What do you say about the rabbit?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I neither eat it nor declare it forbidden." I said: "Let me eat what you have not declared forbidden. But why, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have been told that it bleeds (it menstruates)."