I said, "Messenger of Allah, I have come to ask you about the creatures of the earth. What do you say about the fox?"He replied, "Who would eat a fox?"I said, "Messenger of Allah, what do you say about the wolf?"He replied, "Would anyone with any goodness in him eat a wolf?"
حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة حدثنا يحيى بن واضح عن محمد بن إسحق عن عبد الكريم بن أبي المخارق عن حبان بن جزء
قلت يا رسول الله جئتك لأسألك عن أحناش الأرض ما تقول في الثعلب قال ومن يأكل الثعلب قلت يا رسول الله ما تقول في الذئب قال ويأكل الذئب أحد فيه خير
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[Its chain is daif] Tirmidhi transmitted it, Foods, chapter on what has been said about eating hyena, no. 1792, from the hadith of Abdul-Kareem, as mentioned before, no. 429, and he said, its chain is not strong, and Busiri graded it daif.