Are horses among livestock, and the ruling on eating them

Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The listener from Jordan, Muhammad Ahmad al-Qara'ah, asks and says: Are horses considered among livestock? And is it permissible to eat their meat?

Answer:
Horses are not among livestock. Livestock are camels, cattle, and sheep; these are the livestock of the land. As for horses, they are called horses. As for eating their meat, the correct view is that it is permissible, and that it is among the permissible things, because it is among the good things, and because of the hadith of Asma bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: We slaughtered a horse in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so we ate it. This is evidence for the permissibility of horses and the permissibility of eating them, and that they are among the good things. Yes.