Is the consumption of rabbit (Arnab) permissible?

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The consumption of rabbit is permissible (mubah). This view is supported by Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Abu Sa'id, 'Ata', Ibn al-Musayyib, al-Layth, Malik, al-Shafi'i, Abu Thawr, and Ibn al-Mundhir. Evidence for permissibility includes a confirmed narration from Anas where a caught rabbit was brought to Abu Talha, who slaughtered it, and its haunch (or thigh) was sent to the Prophet (peace be upon him), who accepted it. This hadith is agreed upon (Muttafaqun 'alayh). Furthermore, a narration from Muhammad ibn Safwan (or Safwan ibn Muhammad) states that the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered him to eat two rabbits he had slaughtered. Rabbits are permissible because they are palatable animals that do not possess fangs, thus resembling the gazelle.