1152 – Anas (Allah be pleased with him) related, concerning the incident of the rabbit: “He slaughtered it and sent its haunch to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he accepted it.” Agreed upon (1).

Glossary of the ḥadith
– The incident of the rabbit: Anas said, “We flushed out a rabbit while we were at Marr al-Ẓahrān. The people chased it and became tired, so I caught it and brought it to Abū Ṭalḥah, who then sent its haunch …” (full report).
– ʾArnab (rabbit): A mammal, both wild and domesticated, prolific in breeding and swift in running; its forelegs are shorter than its hind legs. The word ʾarnab applies to both the male and the female, and its plural is ʾarānib. Ḥayāt al-Ḥayawān states: “The rabbit (pl. ʾarānib) is an animal resembling a young goat; its forelegs are short, its hind legs long, and it moves on the rear part of its limbs. The term is a generic noun used for both sexes.” Al-Wasīṭ adds: “A mammal whose meat is eaten; found both in the wild and in domestication, highly prolific and fast-running, with forelegs shorter than its hind legs. Though it may be used for either sex, the more precise usage reserves ʾarnab for the female and khazaz for the male.”
– Warikihā (its haunch): The portion above the thigh. The word may be vocalised as warik (with an open wāw and broken rāʾ) or, alternatively, with a broken wāw and quiescent rāʾ.

Points derived from the ḥadith
1 – The scholars are unanimously agreed on the permissibility of eating rabbit. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (2572) records that “the Prophet ﷺ accepted its haunch and thigh and ate from it.”