Mishkat al-Masabih 2821

Sa’id b. al-Musayyib told in mursal form that God’s Messenger forbade the sale of meat for animals¹. Sa’id said it was connected with the maisir² of the people of pre-Islamic times.
It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
1. i.e. meat sold in exchange for living animals.
2. A game of chance played with arrows for parts of a camel. The type of transaction mentioned in the tradition is evidently considered to contain something in the nature of a gamble.