#1849

Abdullah ibn al-Harith reported on the authority of his father al-Harith:(My father) al-Harith was the governor of at-Ta'if under the caliph Uthman. He prepared food for Uthman which contained birds and the flesh of wild ass. He sent it to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). When the Messenger came to him he was beating leaves for camels and shaking them off with his hand. He said to him: Eat it. He replied: Give it to the people who are not in sacred state; we are wearing ihram. I adjure the people of Ashja' who are present here. Do you know that a man presented a wild ass to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was in ihram? But he refused to eat from it. They said: Yes

حدثنا محمد بن كثير، حدثنا سليمان بن كثير، عن حميد الطويل، عن اسحاق بن عبد الله بن الحارث، عن ابيه، وكان الحارث، خليفة عثمان على الطايف فصنع لعثمان طعاما فيه من الحجل والبعاقيب ولحم الوحش قال فبعث الى علي بن ابي طالب فجاءه الرسول وهو يخبط لاباعر له فجاءه وهو ينفض الخبط عن يده فقالوا له كل . فقال اطعموه قوما حلالا فانا حرم . فقال علي رضى الله عنه انشد الله من كان ها هنا من اشجع اتعلمون ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم اهدى اليه رجل حمار وحش وهو محرم فابى ان ياكله قالوا نعم