The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by Ibn Kathir - Volume 3 of 4

IMAM ABU AL-FIDA' ISMA'IL IBN KATHiR
when the Messenger of God (SAAS) prohibited people from consuming donkey
meat, he also allowed them to eat horsemeat."
The provenance of this is secure in both phih collections, from a hadith of
HammPd b. Zayd, from CAmr b. Dinar, from Muhammad b. 'Ali, from Jabir,
may God be pleased with him. He said, "At Khaybar, the Messenger of God
(SAAS) prohibited eating the meat of donkeys and gave permission for horses
(to be eaten)."
This is the phraseology given by al-Bukhari.
Ibn Ishaq stated, "'Abd Allah b. Abii Najih related to us, from Makhiil, that
the Prophet (SAAS) prohibited four things that day: intercourse with pregnant
women, eating domestic donkeys, eating carnivorous animals, and selling the
spoils of war before their (official) allotment."
This hadith is mursal, lacking proper transmission back to the Prophet (SAAS).
Ibn Ishnq stated, "Yazid b. Aba Habib related to me, from Abii Marziiq, Najib's
freed-man, from vanash al-SanCmi, who stated, 'We were on an expedition with
Ruwayfic b. Thxbit, the an@ri, to al-Maghnb, North Africa. One of the towns
there, named Jirba, was conquered and a crier stood among us and announced,
'I am telling you only what I heard the Messenger of God (SAAS) tell us at
Khaybar. He stood up among us and said, "It is not permissible for a man
who believes in God and the last day to mingle his sperm with that of others" -
referring to intercourse with pregnant captive women. "It is not permissible for
a man who believes in God and the last day to have intercourse with a captive
woman before determining that she is without child. It is not permissible for
a man who believes in God and the last day to sell any spoils of war before its
allotment. It is not permissible for a man who believes in God and the last day to
ride any mount from the captured stock of the Muslims and then to return it
when it is exhausted. Nor is it permissible for a man who believes in God and the
last day to wear any clothing from the captured stock of the Muslims and then
to return it when it is worn out.'""
Abii Da'ad narrated this similarly through Muhammad b. Ishaq. Al-Tirmidhi
narrated it from Haf~ b. CAmr al-Shayb~ni, from Ibn Wahb, from Yahya b.
Ayyab, from Rabi'a b. Salim, from Bishr b. 'Ubayd Allah, from Ruwayfic b.
Thabit in abbreviated form. He characterized the hadith as hasan, "good".
In the phih of al-Bukhm, from N%fiC, from Ibn Wmar, it is stated that
the Messenger of God (SAAS) at Khaybar prohibited the meat of domestic
donkeys, and also the eating of garlic.
Ibn Hazm narrated, from CAli and Shurayk b. al-Hunbal, that they accepted
the prohibition of onions and raw garlic. What al-Tirmidhi transmitted from them
was that (use of them) constituted a17karaha,M a practice considered repugnant.
But God knows best.
66. That is, something far which there was disapproval but not prohibition,