We went on a military expedition with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and famine struck us. Then Allah granted us victory, and we captured some sheep. The people rushed to seize them as plunder, and we took one sheep from among them. While it was boiling in our pots, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came walking, leaning on his bow, and thrust his bow into our pots, overturning them. He said, "Plunder is no more lawful than carrion."Then he began looking at any bone that had risen above the ground, and he would press it down with his bow and cover it with dust.
غزونا مع رسول الله ﷺ فأصابتنا مجاعة، ففتح الله علينا، فأصبنا غنما، فانتهب القوم، فأخذنا منها شاة، وإنها لتغلي في قدورنا، إذ أتأنا رسول الله ﷺ يمشي على قوسه حتى طعن في قدورنا بالقوس، فجفنها وقال: ليست النهبة بأحل من الميتة فجعل ينظر إلى العظم قد ارتفع عن الأرض فيدوسه بقوسه حتى يرمله بالتراب.
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Saeed bin Mansur (2636) narrated it from Abu Awana, from Asim bin Kulayb, from his father, from a man among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and he mentioned it. Its chain is hasan because of Asim bin Kulayb and his father. Abu Dawud (2705) also narrated it, and Bayhaqi (9/61) by his route, from Hannad bin Sari, who said, Abu Ahwas narrated to us, from Asim bin Kulayb, with a similar wording, containing, "Plunder is no more permissible than carrion," or "Carrion is no more permissible than plunder," the doubt being from Hannad.As for what was narrated from some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, who said, "We used to eat the hump-meat during raids, and we would not divide it up, so much so that we would return to our camps with our vessels filled from it," its chain of transmission is not sahih. Abu Dawud (2706) narrated it from Saeed bin Mansur (and it is also in his Sunan, 2739), who said, Abdullah bin Wahb narrated to us, Amr bin Harith informed me, that Ibn Harshaf Azdi told him, from Qasim the freed slave of Abdul-Rahman, from some of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and he mentioned it. Bayhaqi (9/61) also narrated it by the route of Hushaym bin Bashir, from Amr bin Harith, with the same wording. In its chain is Ibn Harshaf Azdi, of whom Ibn Hajar said, "Unknown."