Domestic donkeys

Abdullah bin Abi Salit narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Abu Salit (may Allah be pleased with him), who was a Companion who fought at Badr, that he said: The prohibition of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning the meat of donkeys reached us while we were at Khaybar, and the pots were boiling with the meat of donkeys. So we turned those pots over onto their faces.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the meat of donkeys.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the meat of domestic donkeys.

The two sons of Muhammad, Abdullah and al-Hasan, narrate from their father that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mut'ah and the meat of domestic donkeys?

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: On the day of Khaybar the people were struck by severe hunger. They came upon domestic donkeys and began to cook them. But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave an order concerning the pots, and they were poured out.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the meat of domestic donkeys on the day of Khaybar.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made certain things unlawful, until he also mentioned domestic donkeys.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: On the day of the Battle of Khaybar, the people slaughtered donkeys, and the meat began to boil in the pots. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he called out: Indeed, Allah Almighty and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have forbidden you domestic donkeys, for they are impure. So the pots were poured out.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating the domestic donkey on the day of Khaybar.

It is narrated from al-Shaybani; he said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) about domestic donkeys, and he said: We were struck by severe hunger on the day of Khaybar, while we were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). We came upon donkeys belonging to some people that had come out of the town, so we slaughtered them. Our pots were boiling when the caller of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called out: Overturn the pots, and do not eat anything of the meat of donkeys.

I said: In what manner did he forbid them? He said: We talked among ourselves and said: He forbade them absolutely, or he forbade them because the fifth had not been taken from them.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) declared domestic donkeys unlawful on the day of (the Battle of) Khaybar.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by some pots that were boiling. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: "What donkeys are these: domestic or wild?" We said: "No, these are domestic donkeys." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then overturn these pots." The narrator said: So we overturned them, although we were severely hungry and we craved that food.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr; he said: The meat of these donkeys and their milk are unlawful.