I asked Jabir ibn 'Abdullah about the hyena, and he commanded me to eat it. I said: "Is it game (sayd)?" He said: "Yes." I said: "Did you hear that from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?" He said: "Yes."(1)

90 - The Concession Regarding Marriage for the One in Ihram (Muḥrim)

2837 - Qutaybah informed us, saying: Dawud — and he is Ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-'Attar — narrated to us, from 'Amr — and he is Ibn Dinar — who said: I heard Abu al-Sha'tha' narrating
from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, married Maymunah(2) while he was in ihram (muḥrim).(3)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic (ṣaḥīḥ). Muhammad ibn Mansur: he is al-Jawwaz al-Makki, and Sufyan: he is Ibn 'Uyaynah, and Ibn Jurayj: he is 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and he explicitly stated that he heard it (al-tahdīth) according to Ahmad and others, and Ibn Abi 'Ammar: he is 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abdullah al-Makki. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under numbers (3805) and (4816).
Ahmad (14425) and (14449), al-Tirmidhi (851) and (1791), and Ibn Hibban (3965) also narrated it via multiple paths, from Ibn Jurayj, with this chain. Al-Tirmidhi said: A good authentic hadith (ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ), and he said in "al-'Ilal al-Kabir" (551): I asked Muhammad about this hadith, and he said: It is an authentic hadith. End quote. And Muhammad means al-Bukhari.
Ahmad also narrated it (14165 - abridged), and Ibn Majah (3236) via the path of Isma'il ibn Umayyah, and Abu Dawud (3801), Ibn Majah (3085), and Ibn Hibban (3964) via the path of Jarir ibn Hazim, both of them, from 'Abdullah ibn 'Ubayd with it. In Jarir's narration, he made it include a ram.
Al-Sindi said: "So he commanded me" — i.e., a command of permissibility and concession. "Is it game?" — i.e., is there a penalty (jazā') for killing it?
There is disagreement regarding eating the hyena; see its detailed discussion in "Sharh Mushkil al-Athar" 9/92-… and "al-Tamhid" 1/152-…
The hadith will be repeated with its chain and text under number (4323).
(2) The name Maymunah is from (h) and the margin of (k), and it is in the narration of "al-Sunan al-Kubra."
(3) Its chain is authentic up to Ibn 'Abbas, but he was contradicted in its text (matn), as will follow. Abu al-Sha'tha': he is Jabir ibn Zayd. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (3806).
Al-Tirmidhi also narrated it (844) from Qutaybah ibn Sa'id, with this chain, and said: This is a good hadith (ḥasan) =