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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الْبِغَالِ

ibnhibban:5272Abū Yaʿlá > Ghassān b. al-Rabīʿ > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Abū al-Zubayr

On the day of Khaybar we slaughtered horses, mules, and assess. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us (to eat) mules and asses, but he did not forbid horse-flesh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3789)   

ابن حبّان:٥٢٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ جَابِرٍ «أَنَّهُمْ ذَبَحُوا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ الْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ فَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْبِغَالِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ عَنِ الْخَيْلِ»  


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abudawud:3789Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

On the day of Khaybar we slaughtered horses, mules, and assess. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us (to eat) mules and asses, but he did not forbid horse-flesh.  

أبو داود:٣٧٨٩حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

ذَبَحْنَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ الْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْبِغَالِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا عَنِ الْخَيْلِ  

ahmad:14840Yūnus And Surayj Waʿaffān Qālawā > Ḥammād

On the day of Khaybar we slaughtered horses, mules, and assess. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us (to eat) mules and asses, but he did not forbid horse-flesh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3789)  

أحمد:١٤٨٤٠حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ وَسُرَيْجَ وَعَفَّانُ قَالَوا حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ عَفَّانُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

ذَبَحْنَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ الْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْبِغَالِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا عَنِ الْخَيْلِ  

ahmad:14902ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

On the day of Khaybar we slaughtered horses, mules, and assess. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us (to eat) mules and asses, but he did not forbid horse-flesh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3789)  

أحمد:١٤٩٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

ذَبَحْنَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ الْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْبِغَالِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَلَمْ يَنْهَ عَنِ الْخَيْلِ  

hakim:7580Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Zāhid al-Aṣbahānī > Muḥammad b. Maslamah al-Wāsiṭī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Abū al-Zubayr And ʿAmriw b. Dīnār

[Machine] "From Jabir ibn Abdullah, he said: 'They slaughtered on the day of Khaybar the red camels, the mules, and the horses. Then the Prophet ﷺ forbade them from slaughtering the red camels and mules, but he did not forbid them from slaughtering the horses.'"  

الحاكم:٧٥٨٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الزَّاهِدُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ وَعَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ

عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ «أَنَّهُمْ ذَبَحُوا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ الْحُمُرَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْخَيْلَ فَنَهَاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الْحُمُرِ وَالْبِغَالِ وَلَمْ يَنْهَهُمْ عَنِ الْخَيْلِ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
bayhaqi:19435Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

On the day of Khaybar we slaughtered horses, mules, and assess. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us (to eat) mules and asses, but he did not forbid horse-flesh. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3789)   

البيهقي:١٩٤٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

ذَبَحْنَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ الْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ وَالْحَمِيرَ فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْبِغَالِ وَالْحَمِيرِ وَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا عَنِ الْخَيْلِ