Hadith #386

Arabic Text

English Translation

Yaʿqūb narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Jaʿfar narrated to me — and my father Isḥāq ibn Yasār — from ʿAbdullāh ibn Khabbāb, the freedman of Banū ʿAdī ibn al-Najjār, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had forbidden us from eating our sacrificial meat beyond three days. He said: I went on a journey, then returned to my family some days after al-Aḍḥā. My wife brought me a leg in which she had made dried meat. I said to her: 'Where did you get this dried meat?' She said: 'From our sacrifices.' I said: 'Did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ not forbid us from eating it beyond three days?' She said: 'He gave the people permission after that.' I did not believe her until I sent word to my brother Qatādah ibn al-Nuʿmān — who was a veteran of Badr — asking him about it. He sent back to me: 'Eat your food, for she has spoken the truth. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ granted the Muslims permission regarding that.'