1154 – Ibn Abī ʿAmmār narrated: “I asked Jābir (may Allah be pleased with him), ‘Is the hyena regarded as game?’ He replied, ‘Yes.’ I said, ‘Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say that?’ He replied, ‘Yes.’” Reported by Aḥmad and the four Sunan compilers, and declared authentic by al-Bukhārī and Ibn Ḥibbān. (1)

Status of the ḥadith
The ḥadith is ṣaḥīḥ (sound).
It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd, al-Dārimī, al-Ṭaḥāwī, Ibn Ḥibbān, al-Dāraquṭnī, al-Ḥākim and others through various chains, from Jarīr ibn Ḥāzim, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUbayd, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī ʿAmmār, from Jābir, who said: “I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the hyena, and he said: ‘It is game.’”
It was authenticated by al-Bukhārī, al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Ḥibbān and al-Bayhaqī.
Al-Ḥākim said: “Authentic according to the criteria of the two shaykhs.”

Vocabulary of the ḥadith
• al-ḍabʿ (hyena): the dotted ḍād is doubled, while the bāʾ is either quiescent or pronounced with ḍammah. It belongs to the family Hyaenidae, order Carnivora, and is distinguished by a large head and powerful jaws.
Al-Damīrī said: “The male is called ḍabʿān; its plural is ḍibāʿīn, and other plurals include aḍbuʿ and ḍubāʿ. It lives off the remains of prey.”
Grammatically the word ḍabʿ is feminine, though it may also be used for the male. One does not say ḍabʿah. Its plurals are aḍbuʿ and ḍubāʿ.