A man reported,

We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to attend a funeral. On our way back, we were met by a messenger sent by a woman from Quraysh, who said, "Messenger of Allah, so-and-so invites you and those with you to a meal."So he turned aside, and we went with him. We sat where boys sit with their fathers, in front of them. Then the food was brought, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ put his hand to it, and the people put their hands to it as well.The people noticed that he was chewing a morsel without swallowing it, so they raised their hands. They had been distracted from us, but then they remembered and seized our hands, each man knocking the morsel from a child's hand until it fell. Then they held our hands, watching to see what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would do. He spat out the morsel and threw it down, then said, "I find this to be the flesh of a sheep taken without its owners' permission."The woman stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, I had it in mind to gather you and those with you over a meal, so I sent to al-Baqi but could not find a sheep for sale. Amir bin Ubayy Waqqas had bought a sheep yesterday from al-Baqi, so I sent word to him asking him to look for a sheep for me at al-Baqi, but none could be found. He was told that you had bought a sheep, so he sent it to me. My messenger did not find him at home but found his family, and they handed it over to my messenger."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Feed it to the captives."

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رجلا من الأنصار أخبره قال

خرجنا مع رسول الله ﷺ في جنازة فلما رجعنا لقينا داعي امرأة من قريش فقال يا رسول الله إن فلانة تدعوك ومن معك إلى طعام فانصرف فانصرفنا معه فجلسنا مجالس الغلمان من آبائهم بين أيديهم ثم جيء بالطعام فوضع رسول الله ﷺ يده ووضع القوم أيديهم ففطن له القوم وهو يلوك لقمته لا يجيزها فرفعوا أيديهم وغفلوا عنا ثم ذكروا فأخذوا بأيدينا فجعل الرجل يضرب اللقمة بيده حتى تسقط ثم أمسكوا بأيدينا ينظرون ما يصنع رسول الله ﷺ فلفظها فألقاها فقال أجد لحم شاة أخذت بغير إذن أهلها فقامت المرأة فقالت يا رسول الله إنه كان في نفسي أن أجمعك ومن معك على طعام فأرسلت إلى البقيع فلم أجد شاة تباع وكان عامر بن أبي وقاص ابتاع شاة أمس من البقيع فأرسلت إليه أن ابتغي لي شاة في البقيع فلم توجد فذكر لي أنك اشتريت شاة فأرسل بها إلي فلم يجده الرسول ووجد أهله فدفعوها إلى رسولي فقال رسول الله ﷺ أطعموها الأسارى