Volume 7, Book 65, Number 318:
Narrated Abu Qatada:
Once, while I was sitting with the companions of the Prophet at a station on the road to Mecca
and Allah’s Apostle was stationing ahead of us and all the people were assuming Ihram while I was
not. My companion, saw an onager while I was busy Mending my shoes. They did not Inform me of
the onager but they wished that I would see it Suddenly I looked and saw the onager Then I headed
towards my horse, saddled it and rode, but I forgot to take the lash and the spear. So I said to them
my companions), “Give me the lash and the spear.” But they said, “No, by Allah we will not help you
in any way to hunt it ‘ I got angry, dismounted, took it the spear and the lash), rode (the horse chased
the onager and wounded it Then I brought it when it had dyed. My companions started eating of its
(cooked) meat, but they suspected that it might be unlawful to eat of its meat while they were in a
state of Ihram Then I proceeded further and I kept one of its forelegs with me. When we met Allah’s
Apostle we asked him about that. He said, “Have you some of its meat with you?” I gave him that
foreleg and he ate the meat till he stripped the bone of its flesh although he was in a state of Ihram.