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