612 – On the authority of Abū Qatādah al-Anṣārī (may Allah be pleased with him), regarding the incident in which he hunted a wild donkey while he himself was not in a state of iḥrām, he said: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his Companions, who were in iḥrām, ‘Did any one of you instruct him, or point it out to him in any way?’ They replied, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Then eat whatever remains of its meat.’” Agreed upon (1).

613 – On the authority of al-Saʿb ibn Jaththamah al-Laythī (may Allah be pleased with him): “He presented the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a wild donkey while the Prophet was at al-Abwāʾ—or at Waddān—whereupon he returned it to him and said, ‘We are returning it only because we are in a state of iḥrām.’” Agreed upon (2).

Glossary of ḥadith terms and expressions
• al-Laythī: an ascription to ‘Layth ibn Bakr,’ a clan of Kinānah ibn Khuzaymah from the tribes of ʿAdnān. Al-Saʿb (may Allah be pleased with him) lived at Waddān; al-Abwāʾ lies between Mecca and Medina.
• ḥimār waḥshī (wild donkey): A type of game animal that resembles the domesticated donkey, both belonging to the same biological family. It is called “wild” because it roams untamed in deserted, desolate areas. Its plurals are wuḥūsh and wuḥshān.
• ḥimār(an): Muslim relates the wording “the meat of a wild donkey.”
– Another transmission has: “a leg of a wild donkey.”
– A third reads: “the hind-quarter of a wild donkey.”
– A fourth says: “one side of a wild donkey.”