Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 383 – Volume 4, Book 53

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Volume 4, Book 53, Number 383:
Narrated Ibn Abi Aufa:
We were afflicted with hunger during the besiege of Khaibar, and when it was the day of (the
battle of) Khaibar, we slaughtered the donkeys and when the pots got boiling (with their meat). Al –
lah's Apostle made an announcement that all the pots should be upset and that nobody should eat
anything of the meat of the donkeys. We thought that the Prophet prohibited that because the Khu –
mus had not been taken out of the booty (i.e. donkeys); other people said, "He prohibited eating them
for ever." The sub-narrator added, "I asked Said bin Jubair who said, 'He has made the eating of don –
keys' meat illegal for ever.")