We startled a rabbit while we were at Marr az-Zahran. The people chased after it until they grew exhausted, then I caught it and brought it to Abu Talha. He slaughtered it and sent its hindquarters, or he said its thighs, to the Prophet ﷺ, who accepted it.Wazad added in another narration, I asked, "Did he eat from it?" He replied, "Yes, he ate from it."
أنفجنا أرنبا ونحن بمر الظهران، فسعى القوم فلغبوا فأخذتها فجئت بها إلى أبي طلحة، فذبحها فبعث بوركيها أو قال: بفخذيها إلى النبي ﷺ فقبلها. وزاد في رواية: قلت: وأكل منه؟ قال: وأكل منه.
Bukhari related it in the Book of Slaughtered Animals (5535), and Muslim in the Book of Hunting and Slaughtered Animals (1953), both through the route of Shubah, from Hisham bin Zayd, from Anas bin Malik, and he mentioned it. The other narration from Bukhari is in the Book of Gifts (7572), through the route of Shubah as well.His saying, "we startled it," means we roused it. It is said, "the hare nafaja," when it starts up and runs, and "intafaja" carries the same meaning. It is also said that intifaj means to bristle or shudder, as though the meaning is that our pursuit of it made it bristle. This is how it appears in Fath al-Bari (9/661).His saying, "at Marr Zahran," is the name of a place a day's journey from Makkah.His saying, "falaghibu," means they grew tired, matching it in both weight and meaning.Tirmidhi said, following the hadith (1789), "The practice among most scholars is that they see no harm in eating hare, though some scholars disliked eating hare and said that it bleeds," meaning that it menstruates.