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Sahih al-Bukhari 5407

Chapter: To eat the flesh of a foreleg (by stripping the bone of its meat with the teeth).

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5407

Narrator:Abu Qatāda

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ السَّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ يَوْمًا جَالِسًا مَعَ رِجَالٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَنْزِلٍ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَازِلٌ أَمَامَنَا، وَالْقَوْمُ مُحْرِمُونَ وَأَنَا غَيْرُ مُحْرِمٍ، فَأَبْصَرُوا حِمَارًا وَحْشِيًّا وَأَنَا مَشْغُولٌ أَخْصِفُ نَعْلِي، فَلَمْ يُؤْذِنُونِي لَهُ، وَأَحَبُّوا لَوْ أَنِّي أَبْصَرْتُهُ، فَالْتَفَتُّ فَأَبْصَرْتُهُ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى الْفَرَسِ فَأَسْرَجْتُهُ‏.‏ ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُ وَنَسِيتُ السَّوْطَ وَالرُّمْحَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ نَاوِلُونِي السَّوْطَ وَالرُّمْحَ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا لاَ وَاللَّهِ لاَ نُعِينُكَ عَلَيْهِ بِشَىْءٍ‏.‏ فَغَضِبْتُ فَنَزَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهُمَا، ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُ فَشَدَدْتُ عَلَى الْحِمَارِ فَعَقَرْتُهُ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بِهِ وَقَدْ مَاتَ فَوَقَعُوا فِيهِ يَأْكُلُونَهُ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ شَكُّوا فِي أَكْلِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ وَهُمْ حُرُمٌ، فَرُحْنَا وَخَبَأْتُ الْعَضُدَ مَعِي، فَأَدْرَكْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏

مَعَكُمْ مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَنَاوَلْتُهُ الْعَضُدَ فَأَكَلَهَا حَتَّى تَعَرَّقَهَا، وَهْوَ مُحْرِمٌ‏

Narrated Abu Qatada:

Once, while I was sitting with the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) at a station on the road to Mecca and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was stationing ahead of us and all the people were assuming Ihram while I was not. My companion, saw an onager while I was busy Mending my shoes. They did not Inform me of the onager but they wished that I would see it Suddenly I looked and saw the onager Then I headed towards my horse, saddled it and rode, but I forgot to take the lash and the spear. So I said to them my companions), "Give me the lash and the spear." But they said, "No, by Allah we will not help you in any way to hunt it ' I got angry, dismounted, took it the spear and the lash), rode (the horse chased the onager and wounded it Then I brought it when it had dyed. My companions started eating of its (cooked) meat, but they suspected that it might be unlawful to eat of its meat while they were in a state of Ihram Then I proceeded further and I kept one of its forelegs with me. When we met Allah's Apostle we asked him about that. He said, "Have you some of its meat with you?" I gave him that foreleg and he ate the meat till he stripped the bone of its flesh although he was in a state of Ihram.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5407, 2570).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

ذَكَرَ الْمُصَنِّف حَدِيث أَبِي قَتَادَةَ فِي قِصَّة الْحِمَار الْوَحْشِيّ , وَقَدْ مَضَى شَرْحه مُسْتَوْفًى فِي كِتَاب الْحَجّ. وَأَبُو حَازِم الْمَدَنِيّ فِي إِسْنَاده هُوَ سَلَمَة بْن دِينَار صَاحِب سَهْل بْن سَعْد , وَمُرَاده مِنْهُ قَوْله فِي آخِره " فَنَاوَلْته الْعَضُد فَأَكَلَهَا حَتَّى تَعَرَّقَهَا " أَيْ حَتَّى لَمْ يُبْقِ عَلَى عَظْمهَا لَحْمًا. وَقَوْله فِي آخِره " قَالَ مُحَمَّد بْن جَعْفَر وَحَدَّثَنِي زَيْد بْن أَسْلَمَ " هُوَ مَعْطُوف عَلَى السَّنَد الَّذِي قَبْله. وَالْحَاصِل أَنَّ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْن جَعْفَر - أَيْ اِبْن أَبِي كَثِير شَيْخ شَيْخ الْبُخَارِيّ - فِيهِ إِسْنَادَيْنِ , وَوَقَعَ لِلنَّسَفِيِّ وَالْأَكْثَر " قَالَ اِبْن جَعْفَر " غَيْر مُسَمَّى , وَفِي رِوَايَة أَبِي…

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 2570

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