3809 - Abdullah ibn Abi Ziyad narrated to us, Ubaydullah narrated to us, from Isra'il, from Mansur, from Ubayd Abi al-Hasan, from Abd al-Rahman, from Ghalib ibn Abjar, who said: A year of drought afflicted us, and I had nothing in my property with which to feed my family except some of my donkeys. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had forbidden the meat of domestic donkeys. So I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: O Messenger of Allah, the year of drought has afflicted us, and I have nothing in my property with which to feed my family except the fat of my donkeys, and you have forbidden the meat of domestic donkeys. He said: "Feed your family from the fat of your donkeys, for I only forbade it because of the scavengers of the town" — meaning the animals that eat filth.

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The report of Abu al-Sha'tha' was also recorded by al-Bukhari (5529) via the chain of Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, from Amr ibn Dinar, from him. And in his report he added: The sea refused that, and he recited: {Say: I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to one who eats it} [al-An'am: 145].
It is also in the Musnad of Ahmad (17861).
See what preceded under number 3788.

Al-Khattabi said: The meat of domestic donkeys is forbidden according to the general consensus of the scholars. The concession regarding it was only narrated from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, and perhaps the hadith prohibiting it had not reached him. As for the hadith of Ibn Abjar, there is disagreement concerning its chain of transmission... And the prohibition has been firmly established through the continuous chain of Jabir.

(1) The reading confirmed from (H) is the correct one. Ibn al-Athir said: al-jawall, with the shaddah on the lam, is the plural of jallah, like sammah and sawamm. We say: it is the animal that eats dung. In the rest of our manuscript sources: jawwali, which is an error.
(2) Its chain is weak due to its inconsistency. It was narrated by Mansur — that is, Ibn al-Mu'tamir — and there is disagreement concerning him: Isra'il narrated it from him as in this narration, and Sharik al-Nakha'i narrated it from him, from Ubayd — that is, Ibn al-Hasan — from Ghalib, without mentioning Abd al-Rahman ibn Ma'qil.
It was also narrated by Shu'bah ibn al-Hajjaj, and there is disagreement concerning him as well: Rawh ibn Ubadah, Abu Nu'aym al-Fadl ibn Dukayn, and Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated it from him, from Ubayd ibn al-Hasan, from Abdullah ibn Ma'qil.