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bayhaqi:9939Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sulaymān b. Kathīr > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith from his father > And Kān al-Ḥārith Khalīfah ʿUthmān

[Machine] The passage is about the caliph Uthman's provision of food for him, made from rocks, wild animals' meats, and game. Ali bin Abi Talib was sent to Uthman, and the messenger went to him while he was grinding for his livestock. They told him to stop, but he told them to feed him a group. Then Ali said, "I witness that whoever was here is the bravest. Do you know that the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , once gave him a wild donkey, which is forbidden, but he refused to eat it?" They said, "Yes." The interpretation of these two narrations is what Al-Shafi'i mentioned in his interpretation of the story of Sa'd bin Jathama, that he was given the meat of a donkey. As for Ali and Ibn Abbas, they went to prohibit it for him completely. Omar, Uthman, Talha, Zubair, and others disagreed with them. Along with them is the narration of Abu Qatada and Jabir, and Allah knows best.  

البيهقي:٩٩٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ وَكَانَ الْحَارِثُ

خَلِيفَةَ عُثْمَانَ ؓ عَلَى الطَّائِفِ فَصَنَعَ لِعُثْمَانَ ؓ طَعَامًا وَصَنَعَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَجَلِ وَالْيَعَاقِيبِ وَلُحُومِ الْوَحْشِ قَالَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَجَاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ وَهُوَ يَخْبِطُ لِأَبَاعِرَ لَهُ فَجَاءَهُ وَهُوَ يَنْقُضُ الْخَبْطَ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ كُلْ فَقَالَ أَطْعِمُوهُ قَوْمًا حَلَالًا فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ حُرُمٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ أَنْشُدُ اللهَ مَنْ كَانَ هَا هُنَا مِنْ أَشْجَعَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَهْدَى إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ وَتَأْوِيلُ هَذَيْنِ الْمُسْنَدَيْنِ مَا ذَكَرَهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فِي تَأْوِيلِ حَدِيثِ مَنْ رَوَى فِي قِصَّةِ الصَّعْبِ بْنِ جَثَّامَةَ أَنَّهُ أَهْدَى إِلَيْهِ مِنْ لَحْمِ حِمَارٍ وَأَمَّا عَلِيٌّ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فَإِنَّهُمَا ذَهَبَا إِلَى تَحْرِيمِ أَكْلِهِ عَلَى الْمُحْرِمِ مُطْلَقًا وَقَدْ خَالَفَهُمَا عُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَطَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ ؓ وَغَيْرُهُمْ وَمَعَهُمْ حَدِيثُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَجَابِرٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  


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abudawud:1849Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sulaymān b. Kathīr > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith from his father

(My father) al-Harith was the governor of at-Ta'if under the caliph Uthman. He prepared food for Uthman which contained birds and the flesh of wild ass. He sent it to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). When the Messenger came to him he was beating leaves for camels and shaking them off with his hand. He said to him: Eat it. He replied: Give it to the people who are not in sacred state; we are wearing ihram. I adjure the people of Ashja' who are present here. Do you know that a man presented a wild ass to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in ihram? But he refused to eat from it. They said: Yes.  

أبو داود:١٨٤٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَكَانَ الْحَارِثُ خَلِيفَةَ عُثْمَانَ عَلَى الطَّائِفِ فَصَنَعَ لِعُثْمَانَ طَعَامًا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَجَلِ وَالْبَعَاقِيبِ وَلَحْمِ الْوَحْشِ قَالَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَجَاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ وَهُوَ يَخْبِطُ لأَبَاعِرَ لَهُ فَجَاءَهُ وَهُوَ يَنْفُضُ الْخَبَطَ عَنْ يَدِهِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ كُلْ فَقَالَ أَطْعِمُوهُ قَوْمًا حَلاَلاً فَإِنَّا حُرُمٌ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ أَنْشُدُ اللَّهَ مَنْ كَانَ هَا هُنَا مِنْ أَشْجَعَ أَتَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَهْدَى إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ حِمَارَ وَحْشٍ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ قَالُوا نَعَمْ