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Sunan Abu Dawud 3778

Chapter: Regarding eating meat

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 3778

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

لاَ تَقْطَعُوا اللَّحْمَ بِالسِّكِّينِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ صَنِيعِ الأَعَاجِمِ وَانْهَسُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ ‏"

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not eat meat with a knife, for it is a foreign practice, but bite it, for it is more beneficial and wholesome.

Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not strong.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 3778).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( لَا تَقْطَعُوا اللَّحْم بِالسِّكِّينِ فَإِنَّهُ ) : أَيْ قَطْعه بِالسِّكِّينِ وَلَوْ كَانَ مَنْضُوجًا ( مِنْ صَنِيع الْأَعَاجِم ) : أَيْ مِنْ دَأْب أَهْل فَارِس الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ الْمُتَرَفِّهِينَ , فَالنَّهْي عَنْهُ لِأَنَّ فِيهِ تَكَبُّرًا وَأَمْرًا عَبَثًا بِخِلَافِ مَا إِذَا اِحْتَاجَ قَطْع اللَّحْم إِلَى السِّكِّين لِكَوْنِهِ غَيْرَ نَضِيج تَامّ , فَلَا يُعَارِض خَبَر الشَّيْخَيْنِ أَنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَحْتَزّ بِالسِّكِّينِ , أَوْ الْمُرَاد بِالنَّهْيِ التَّنْزِيه وَفِعْلُهُ لِبَيَانِ الْجَوَاز , كَذَا قَالَ الْقَارِي ( وَانْهَسُوهُ ) : بِالسِّينِ الْمُهْمَلَة , وَفِي بَعْض النُّسَخ وَانْهَشُوهُ بِالشِّينِ الْمُعْجَمَة وَالنَّهْس بِالْمُهْمَلَةِ أَخْذ اللَّح…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif ضعيف The hadith No. 3778
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3778
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3778
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 3778

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 4215

‘A’isha reported God’s messenger as saying, “Do not cut meat with a knife, for it is a foreign practice, but bite it, for that is more beneficial and wholesome.” Abu Dawud and Baihaqi, in Shu'ab al-iman, transmitted it, both saying it is not strong.

وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَقْطَعُوا اللَّحْمَ بِالسِّكِّينِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ صُنْعِ الْأَعَاجِمِ وَانْهَسُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو…

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