I asked Jabir, "Is the hyena considered game?"He replied, "Yes."I asked, "May I eat it?"He replied, "Yes."I asked, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say this?"He replied, "Yes."
حدثنا أحمد بن منيع حدثنا إسمعيل بن إبراهيم أخبرنا ابن جريج عن عبد الله بن عبيد بن عمير
قلت لجابر الضبع أصيد هي قال نعم قال قلت آكلها قال نعم قال قلت أقاله رسول الله ﷺ قال نعم
[Sahih] Nasai also narrated it, 5/191, no. 2839 (Rites of Hajj, chapter on what a person in the state of ihram may not kill), from the hadith of Ibn Jurayj through the same chain. Ibn Khuzayma graded it sahih, no. 2645, 2646, as did Ibn Hibban (Al-Ihsan), no. 3954, and Ibn Jarud, no. 438, and Hakim, saying it meets the standard of the two Shaykhs, 1/452, and Dhahabi agreed with him.