Narrated Abu Qatada: (the same Hadith above, but he added); The Prophet asked, "Is there any of its meat left with you?"

Narrated Abu Qatada: I was with the Prophet (on a journey) between Mecca and Medina, and all of them, (i.e. the Prophet and his companions) were in the state of Ihram, while I was not in that state. I was riding my horse and I used to be fond of ascending mountains. So while I was doing so I noticed that the people were looking at something. I went to see what it was, and behold it was an onager. I asked my companions, "What is that?" They said, "We do not know." I said, "It is an onager.' They said, "It is what you have seen." I had left my whip, so I said to them, "Hand to me my whip." They said, "We will not help you in that (in hunting the onager)." I got down, took my whip and chased the animal (on my horse) and did not stop till I killed it. I went to them and said, "Come on, carry it!" But they said, "We will not even touch it." At last I alone carried it and brought it to them. Some of them ate of it and some refused to eat of it. I said (to them), "I will ask the Prophet about it (on your behalf)." When I met the Prophet, I told him the whole story. He said to me, "Has anything of it been left with you?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Eat, for it is a meal Allah has offered to you."

Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the game of the sea is that which is hunted by «تدبير» (i.e., by nets, etc.), and its food is that which the water throws out. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the sea animal which dies and floats on the water is lawful (halal). Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that "its food" refers to the carrion of the sea, except that which has decayed. The Jews do not eat bam, shrimp, or fish, but we eat them freely, and the companion of the Prophet (peace be upon him), Shuraih (may Allah be pleased with him), said that every sea creature is considered slaughtered; it does not need to be slaughtered. Ata said regarding the sea bird that in my opinion, it should be slaughtered. Ibn Jurayj said: I asked Ata bin Abi Rabah, "Is the game of rivers and the game of flood pools also considered sea game (so that its consumption without slaughter is permissible)?" He said, "Yes." Then he recited, as evidence, this verse from Surah Fatir «هذا عذب فرات سائغ شرابه وهذا ملح أجاج ومن كل تأكلون لحما طريا‏» : "This sea is very sweet and this other sea is very salty, and you eat fresh meat (fish) from each of them." And Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) rode on a saddle made from the skin of a sea dog, and Shu'bi said, "If my family eats frogs, I will also feed them," and Hasan al-Basri saw no harm in eating tortoise. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, "Eat the game of the sea, whether it was hunted by a Christian, a Jew, or a Magian." And Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Put fish in wine, and if the sunlight falls on it, then it is no longer wine."

Narrated Jabir: We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabt, and Abu 'Ubaida was our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the sea threw a huge dead fish called Al- `Anbar, the like of which had never been seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida took one of its bones (and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it.

Narrated Jabir: The Prophet sent us as an army unit of three hundred warriors under the command of Abu 'Ubaida to ambush a caravan of the Quraish. But we were struck with such severe hunger that we ate the Khabt (desert bushes), so our army was called the Army of the Khabt. Then the sea threw a huge fish called Al-`Anbar and we ate of it for half a month and rubbed our bodies with its fat till our bodies became healthy. Then Abu Ubaida took one of its ribs and fixed it over the ground and a rider passed underneath it. There was a man amongst us who slaughtered three camels when hunger became severe, and he slaughtered three more, but after that Abu 'Ubaida forbade him to do so.

Narrated Ibn Abi `Aufa: We participated with the Prophet in six or seven Ghazawat, and we used to eat locusts with him.

Narrated Abu Tha`laba Al-Khushani: I came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are living in the land of the people of the Scripture, and we take our meals in their utensils, and there is game in that land and I hunt with my bow and with my trained hound and with my untrained hound." The Prophet said, "As for your saying that you are in the land of people of the Scripture, you should not eat in their utensils unless you find no alternative, in which case you must wash the utensils and then eat in them As for your saying that you are in the land of game, if you hunt something with your bow, mention Allah's Name (while hunting the game) and eat; and if you hunt something with your trained hound, mention Allah's Name on sending and eat; and if you hunt something with your untrained hound and get it alive, slaughter it and you can eat of it."

Narrated Salama bin Al-Aqwa': In the evening of the day of the conquest of Khaibar, the army made fires (for cooking). The Prophet said, "For what have you made these fires?" They said, "For cooking the meat of domestic donkeys." He said, "Throw away what is in the cooking pots and break the pots." A man from the people got up and said, "Shall we throw the contents of the cooking pots and then wash the pots (instead of breaking them)?" The Prophet said, "Yes, you can do either.'

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that if someone forgets to say Bismillah, there is no harm in it. And the statement of Allah the Exalted «ولا تأكلوا مما لم يذكر اسم الله عليه وإنه لفسق‏» "And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is grave disobedience. And one who forgets (to mention it) cannot be called disobedient." And the statement of Allah the Exalted in the Quran «وإن الشياطين ليوحون إلى أوليائهم ليجادلوكم وإن أطعتموهم إنكم لمشركون‏» "Indeed, the devils inspire their allies to dispute with you, and if you obey them, you would surely be polytheists."

Narrated Rafi bin Khadij: We were with the Prophet in Dhul-Hulaifa and there the people were struck with severe hunger. Then we got camels and sheep as war booty (and slaughtered them). The Prophet was behind all the people. The people hurried and fixed the cooking pots (for cooking) but the Prophet came there and ordered that the cooking pots be turned upside down. Then he distributed the animals, regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels ran away and there were a few horses with the people. They chased the camel but they got tired, whereupon a man shot it with an arrow whereby Allah stopped it. The Prophet said, "Among these animals some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them runs away from you, treat it in this way." I said. "We hope, or we are afraid that tomorrow we will meet the enemy and we have no knives, shall we slaughter (our animals) with canes?" The Prophet said, "If the killing tool causes blood to gush out and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughterer animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I am telling you why: A tooth is a bone, and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians."