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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1789 (Book 25, Hadith 2) #27414
Eating Rabbit in Islam

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) accepting a rabbit as a gift from his companions and eating it.

Narrated Hisham b. Zaid: "I heard Anas saying: 'Once we provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran. So the Companions of the Messenger of Allah rushed after it, and I caught up to it and captured it. I brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it with Marwah. He sent me with its legs - or its thighs - to the Prophet so he could eat it'." He (Hisham) said: "I said: 'He ate it?' He said:'He accepted it'." Abu 'Eisa said: There are narrations on this topic from Jubair, 'Ammar, Muhammad bin Safwan, and they say: Muhammad bin Saifi. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. They saw no harm in eating rabbit. Some of the people of knowledge disliked eating rabbit, they said that it menstruates.
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا، يَقُولُ أَنْفَجْنَا أَرْنَبًا بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ فَسَعَى أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ خَلْفَهَا فَأَدْرَكْتُهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَأَتَيْتُ بِهَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فَذَبَحَهَا بِمَرْوَةٍ فَبَعَثَ مَعِي بِفَخِذِهَا أَوْ بِوَرِكِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ فَأَكَلَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَكَلَهُ قَالَ قَبِلَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَعَمَّارٍ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ وَيُقَالُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَيْفِيٍّ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَكْثَرِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لاَ يَرَوْنَ بِأَكْلِ الأَرْنَبِ بَأْسًا ‏.‏ وَقَدْ كَرِهَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَكْلَ الأَرْنَبِ وَقَالُوا إِنَّهَا تَدْمِي

TOPICS
rabbit  *  eating  *  gift  *  acceptance  *  ararnab  *  alakl  *  hadiyyah  *  qabool

QUICK LESSONS:
Accept gifts graciously from others even if you don't like them yourself; show respect for givers of gifts; be kind towards animals; be grateful towards those who give you something out of kindness; follow Islamic teachings regarding food consumption etc.; obey Allah's commands etc..

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith narrates an incident where the companions of Prophet Muhammad PBUH provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran and Hisham b. Zaid caught it and brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it with Marwah. He then sent its legs or thighs to the Prophet PBUH so he could eat it which he accepted. According to scholars of Islamic knowledge, there is no harm in eating rabbits as some people believe that they menstruate but this has not been proven true yet. This hadith teaches us that we should accept gifts given by others with grace even if we do not like them ourselves because this act pleases Allah SWT and shows respect for the giver of the gift.

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