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Bayhaqi 19387 — Reports on the hyena and the fox

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَعْقِلٍ السُّلَمِيِّ صَاحِبِ الدَّثَنِيَّةِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الضَّبُعِ؟ فَقَالَ: " لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ ". قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا لَمْ تَنْهَ عَنْهُ فَأَنَا آكُلُهُ. قَالَ قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الضَّبِّ؟ قَالَ: " لَا آكُلُهُ وَلَا أَنْهَى عَنْهُ ". قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا لَمْ تَنْهَ عَنْهُ فَإِنِّي آكُلُهُ. قَالَ قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْأَرْنَبِ؟ قَالَ: " لَا آكُلُهَا وَلَا أُحَرِّمُهَا ". قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا لَمْ تُحَرِّمْهُ فَإِنَّى آكُلُهُ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الذِّئْبِ؟ قَالَ: " أَوَيَأْكُلُ ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ؟ " فَقُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهُ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الثَّعْلَبِ؟ قَالَ أَوَيَأْكُلُ ذَلِكَ أَحَدٌ "؟. وَرُوِيَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُخَارِقِ عَنْ حَبَّانَ بْنِ جَزْءٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ خُزَيْمَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ يُوَافِقُ السُّلَمِيَّ فِي بَعْضِ حَدِيثِهِ وَيُخَالِفُهُ فِي بَعْضِهِ، وَفِي كِلَا الْإِسْنَادَيْنِ ضَعْفٌ. وَرُوِّينَا فِي كِتَابِ الْحَجِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ جَعَلُوا فِي الضَّبُعِ كَبْشًا إِذَا أَصَابَهُ الْمُحْرِمُ.
Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Ma'qil al-Sulami (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the hyena, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I do not eat it, nor do I forbid it." The narrator said: I said: Since you (peace and blessings be upon him) do not forbid it, I will eat it. The narrator said: I said: "What is your view about the spiny-tailed lizard (dabb)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I neither eat it nor forbid it." The narrator said: Since you (peace and blessings be upon him) do not forbid it, I will eat it. He said: I said: "O Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what is your (peace and blessings be upon him) view about the rabbit?" He said: "I do not eat it, nor do I declare it unlawful." The narrator said: Since you (peace and blessings be upon him) do not declare it unlawful, I will eat it. He said: I asked: "O Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what is your (peace and blessings be upon him) view about the wolf?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Does anyone eat that?" The narrator said: I asked: "O Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), what is your (peace and blessings be upon him) view about the fox?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Does anyone eat the fox too?"
(b) Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab, Ali bin Abi Talib and Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) held that when a muhrim hunts a hyena, he must give a ram in compensation for it.
This hadith has also been narrated from Khuzaymah bin Jaz' (may Allah be pleased with him), agreeing with al-Sulami's hadith in part and differing from it in part; both chains contain weakness.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19387
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