The reciter: And Yahya ibn Yahya narrated to us, saying: I read to Malik. And Qutaybah narrated to us from Malik, in what was read to him, from Abu al-Nadr, from Nafi', the freed slave of Abu Qatadah, from Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him):
That he was in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and when they had covered a portion of the road to Mecca, he and some of the companions lagged behind. The latter were in a state of Ihram, while he was not. He saw an onager and rode his horse and requested his companions to give him his lash but they refused. Then he asked them to give him his spear but they refused, so he took it himself, attacked the onager, and killed it. Some of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) ate of it while some others refused to eat. When they caught up with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) they asked him about that, and he said, "That was a meal Allah fed you with."
أنه كان مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، حتى إذا كان ببعض طريق مكة تخلف مع أصحابٍ له محرمين ، وهو غير محرمٍ فرأى حمارًا وحشيًا ، فاستوى على فرسه ، فسأل أصحابه أن يناولوه سوطه فأبوا عليه ، فسألهم رمحه فأبوا عليه ، فأخذه ثم شد على الحمار فقتله ، فأكل منه بعض أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وأبى بعضهم ، فأدركوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، فسألوه عن ذلك ، فقال : إنما هي طعمة أطعمكموها الله .
