Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If Sa'b bin Jaththamah (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the donkey alive, then it is not permissible for a person in ihram to slaughter a live wild donkey; and if he gave him meat, then it is possible that he knew it had been hunted for him, so he returned it to him; and the clarification of this is in the hadith of Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both).
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The hadith of Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him), that Sa'b (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a donkey, is more firmly established than the hadith of the one who narrated that he gave him some of the meat of a donkey. And Allah knows best.
The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It has also been narrated in the hadith of Sa'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الحج / 9936
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:حسن
Hadith Takhrij«حسن۔ اخرجه ابن وهب كما في الفتح 4/ 32»