"The people claim that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the eating of donkey's meat." He said, "Al-Hakam bin `Amr Al-Ghifari رضی اللہ عنہ used to say so when he was with us, but Ibn `Abbas رضی اللہ عنہما , the great religious learned man, refused to give a final verdict and recited:– 'Say: I find not in that which has been inspired to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be carrion, blood poured forth or the flesh of swine…' (6.145)