Arabic (Original)
قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ عَمْرٌو يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ إِنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ قَالَ يَا عَمْرُو أَبَى ذَلِكَ الْبَحْرُ وَقَرَأَ { قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِيمَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ } يَا عَمْرُو أَبَى ذَلِكَ الْبَحْرُ قَدْ كَانَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْغِفَارِيُّ يَعْنِي يَقُولُ أَبَى ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا الْبَحْرُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ.
English Translation
Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, saying: Amr — namely Ibn Dinar — said: I said to Abu al-Sha'tha': 'They claim that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade the meat of domestic donkeys.' He said: 'O Amr, the sea rejected that,' and he recited: {Say, I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to one who would eat it}. 'O Amr, the sea rejected that.' Al-Hakam ibn Amr al-Ghifari used to say that — meaning he would say: 'The sea, Ibn Abbas, rejected that for us.'