Eating hare

Ibrahim bin Abi Ibrahim reports concerning Abdullah bin Ubayd bin Umayr that a man asked him about the rabbit. He replied: "There is no harm in it." The questioner said: "It menstruates." He said: "The One who knows its menstruation also knows its purity. It is only one pregnant creature among the pregnant creatures."

Hisham bin Zayd bin Anas reports concerning Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I heard him say: We startled a rabbit out of hiding at Marr al-Zahran. The boys ran after it until they were completely exhausted. Then I caught it, and I took it to Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), who slaughtered it. Then he sent me with its haunch to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted it. Bukhari 2572. Muslim 53.

Musa bin Talhah reports that a man asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) about the rabbit. Sayyiduna Umar replied: "Were it not that I dislike adding to or taking away from the hadith (when narrating it), (I would narrate it myself), but I will send for a man for you." So he sent a messenger to Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he came and said: "We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and we stopped at such-and-such a place." Sayyiduna Ammar said: "A Bedouin sent him (peace and blessings be upon him) a rabbit as a gift, and we ate it. The Bedouin said: 'I saw blood.' At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'There is no harm.'"

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib reports concerning Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) that he ate rabbit.

He said: I said to Sa'id: "What do you say about it?" He said: "I used to eat it."

Ubayd bin Sa'd reports that Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) struck a rabbit with a stick and broke its legs; then he slaughtered it and ate it.

Hisham reports concerning al-Hasan that he saw no harm in eating rabbit.

Ibn Tawus reports from his father that he said: Rabbit is lawful.

Abu al-Wasim reports: I asked Hasan bin Hasan bin Ali about the rabbit. He said: "I dislike it, and I do not forbid it to the Muslims."

Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Sayfi (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with two rabbits which I had slaughtered with a sharp stone, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me to eat them.

Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Safwan (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the like of the hadith of Abu al-Ahwas.