This is a strange hadith. More than one narrator reported this hadith from Yazid ibn al-Asamm as a mursal report: that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, married Maymunah while he was in a state of non-ihram (halal).

25 - Chapter: What has been reported regarding the eating of game by the muhrim

862 - Qutaybah narrated to us, saying: Ya'qub ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from 'Amr ibn Abi 'Amr, from al-Muttalib, from Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Game of the land is lawful for you while you are in ihram, as long as you did not hunt it, and it was not hunted for you."

Regarding this chapter, there is also a report from Abu Qatadah and Talhah.

The hadith of Jabir is a hadith that is explained (mufassar), and we do not know of al-Muttalib having heard (had any samaa') from Jabir.

The practice according to this is held by some of the people of knowledge; they see no harm in the muhrim eating game, as long as he did not hunt it, and it was not hunted on his account.

= It is contradicted by the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas mentioned previously under number (860), and we have elaborated on it in the discussion of the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas in "Al-Musnad" (2200). See also "Fath al-Bari" 9/166.

(1) See what precedes it.
(2) Sahih by virtue of other evidence (sahih li-ghayrihi), and this is a hasan chain if the hearing of al-Muttalib from Jabir is confirmed. There is disagreement concerning it regarding 'Amr ibn Abi 'Amr, as we have explained in "Al-Musnad."
It was also recorded by Abu Dawud (1851), and al-Nasa'i 5/178, and it is in "Al-Musnad" (14894), and "Sahih Ibn Hibban" (3971).
It is supported by the hadith of Abu Qatadah that follows.