It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that during Khaybar, a man came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I have eaten donkey meat twice. He came again and said: The donkeys are being finished off by being eaten. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then had it announced that surely Allah Almighty and His Messenger have forbidden the eating of domestic donkey meat, because it is impure.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that we found some donkeys outside the settlement. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever is in the pots, throw it all out." When I mentioned this to Saeed bin Jubair, he said: "They were forbidden to eat their meat because they eat filth."

'Amr bin Dinar says: I said to Abu Sha'tha that people say the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade eating the meat of domestic donkeys. He said: O 'Amr! The ocean of knowledge, Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, rejects this, and he recited this verse: {قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِیمَا أُوحِیَ إِلَیَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلٰی طَاعِمٍ یَطْعَمُہُ} … Say, "I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be carrion, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine." The ocean of knowledge has rejected that donkey meat is forbidden, and this is also supported by Hakam bin 'Amr Ghifari, that the son of Abbas, the ocean of knowledge, did not declare donkey meat forbidden.

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The cat is also included among the beasts of prey.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (the eating of) every predatory animal with fangs and every bird that hunts with its talons.

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Every beast with fangs is a predator, and eating it is forbidden.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the year of the conquest of Makkah: Indeed, Allah Almighty and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) have declared the buying and selling of alcohol, carrion, swine, and idols to be unlawful. At that time, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is your opinion regarding the fat of carrion, for it is used to varnish ships and skins, and people also burn it in lamps? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: No, it is unlawful. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: May Allah destroy the Jews; when Allah made fat unlawful for them, they melted it, then sold it and consumed its price.

Syedna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that there were some people living in a house at the Harrah area in Madinah, and they were very needy. A she-camel belonging to them or to someone else died. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted them permission to eat that dead animal, and thus they were able to survive the rest of the winter or the time of famine. In another narration, it is mentioned: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the owner of the she-camel, "Do you have anything else besides this dead animal?" He replied, "No, I do not." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Then go and eat it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man lived with his father in the volcanic land. Another man said to him: "My she-camel has gone somewhere; when you find her, keep her with you." Indeed, he found the she-camel, but her owner did not come, until the she-camel became ill. The man's wife said to him: "Slaughter her so that we may eat her." But the man did not do so, until the she-camel herself died. His wife said: "Now skin her, we will cut pieces and strips of her meat and fat and eat them." The man said: "I will not do so until I ask the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." So he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you have anything besides this dead she-camel that would suffice you for food?" He said: "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then eat it." Later, when the owner of the she-camel came, he said to the man: "Why did you not slaughter her?" He replied: "I was just shy of you (how could I slaughter her without your permission)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Waqid Al-Laithi (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I said, O Messenger of Allah! We live in a region where hunger prevails, what is permissible for us from the dead animals? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you find nothing to eat in the morning, nor in the evening, and you do not find any vegetables, then you may eat the dead animal.