The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us to eat horse-flesh, the flesh of mules and of asses. The narrator Haywah added: Every beast of prey with a fang.
Abu Dawud said: This view is held by Malik.
Abu Dawud said: There is no harm in (eating) horse-flesh and this tradition is not practised.
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been abrogated. A body of Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) had eaten horse-flesh. OF them are: Ibn al-Zubair, Fudalah bin ‘Ubaid, Anas bin Malik, Asma’ daughter of Abu Bakr, Suwaid bin Ghaflah, ‘Alqamah; the Quraish used to slaughter them (horses) during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
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3 narrators from originator to compilerHadith Grading
Each grade below reflects one scholar's assessment of the chain of transmission. The grade describes the chain, not the Prophet's words. How we grade
Traditional grade: Daif