It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man's animal was about to die, so he came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to seek a ruling. Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to its owner: "Do you not have anything else that would suffice you instead of it?" He said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then go and eat it." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: O Messenger of Allah! We are in a land stricken by famine, so how much of carrion is lawful for us? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you have nothing (such as milk) to drink in the morning or in the evening, and you cannot obtain any vegetables or greens (from the ground), then it (the carrion) is permissible for you." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you are able to give your family their fill of milk in the evening, then avoid what Allah has forbidden, namely carrion." This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it, and it has a basis with an authentic chain on the condition of the two Shaykhs.

It is narrated from Ibn Awn (may Allah have mercy on him) that he read, in the presence of al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him), the letter which Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) had written to his sons, and in it was written that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In dire necessity (a state of compulsion), a drink in the morning or in the evening (one meal's drink) suffices to keep one from resorting to carrion."