31 — (“The hadith that the Prophet ﷺ permitted ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn ‘Awf and al-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwām—may Allah be pleased with them both—to wear silk because of an itch—scabies—from which they were suffering, despite his prohibition of wearing silk and his warning of punishment for doing so.

See these texts in our later discussion of ‘Dress and Adornment.’”) p. 51

Authentic. Full documentation of all this will appear in the place indicated by the author—may Allah preserve him—on page 82 of The Lawful and the Prohibited. The hadith will appear under number (83).

32 — (“He, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited eating domesticated donkeys on the day of Khaybar. Narrated by al-Bukhārī.”) p. 54

Authentic. It was narrated by the two Shaykhs and others from Jābir ibn ‘Abd Allāh—may Allah be pleased with him—and is fully documented in al-Irwā’ (2477).

A useful point: It has been claimed that the prohibition of donkeys was due to a temporary cause—namely, that they needed them as mounts at the time. Besides lacking any evidence, this claim is invalidated by the hadith of Anas, in which the Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah and His Messenger forbid you from eating donkey meat, for it is impure.” This, then, is the reason expressly stated by the Lawgiver, and it clearly entails that the prohibition is permanent. The hadith is also fully documented in al-Irwā’ (2476), as narrated by the two Shaykhs and others from Anas—may Allah be pleased with him.

33 — (“The report narrated in the two Sahīhs that he prohibited eating every fanged beast of prey and every bird with talons.”) p. 54

Authentic. It was narrated by Muslim alone, not al-Bukhārī, from ‘Abd Allāh