Skip to content
Assabile

Sunan Ibn MajahChapters on Sacrifices

Sunan Ibn Majah 3158

Chapter: Eating from the sacrificial meat

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3158

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم

ـ أَمَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ جَزُورٍ بِبَضْعَةٍ فَجُعِلَتْ فِي قِدْرٍ فَأَكَلُوا مِنَ اللَّحْمِ وَحَسَوْا مِنَ الْمَرَقِ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered that a piece from every camel that had been slaughtered be brought and placed in a pot, then they ate from its meat and drank some of the broth.

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3158).

Copy
Copy:
Report an error

Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( بِبَضْعَةٍ ) بِفَتْحِ الْبَاء أَيْ بِقِطْعَةٍ فَأَكَلُوا أَيْ هُوَ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَحَسَوْا أَيْ شَرِبُوا وَفِي الزَّوَائِد رِجَال إِسْنَاده ثِقَات.…

Read more

Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3158
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3158
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 3158
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3158

Other versions

Also reported by… (2)
  • صحيح ابن حبان (4110)أَمَرَ بِالْهَدْيِ مِنْ كُلِّ جَزُورٍ بَضْعَةٍ ، فَجُعِلَتْ فِي قَدْرٍ ، فَأَكَلُوا مِنَ اللَّحْمِ وَحَسَوْا مِنَ الْمَرَقِ
  • صحيح ابن خزيمة (2740)مِنْ كُلِّ جَزُورٍ بِبَضْعَةٍ ، فَجُعِلَتْ فِي قِدْرٍ فَطُبِخَتْ ، وَأَكَلُوا مِنَ اللَّحْمِ ، وَحَسَوْا مِنَ الْمَرَقِ

On the same subject

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 2640

Ibn ‘Abbas said that in the year of al-Hudaibiya the Prophet included among his sacrificial animals a camel with a silver (a version has gold) nose-ring which had belonged to Abu Jahl,( A chief of Quraish who had been hostile to the Prophet. He was killed at Badr) thereby enraging the polytheists…

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَهْدَى عَامَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي هَدَايَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَمَلًا كَانَ لِأَبِي جَهْلٍ فِي رَأْسِهِ بُرَةٌ مِنْ…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 1 other version

Authentic Muwatta Malik 842

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sacrificed a camel, which had belonged to Abu Jahl ibn Hisham, in either a hajj or an umra.

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَهْدَى جَمَلاً كَانَ لأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ…

Authentic Muwatta Malik 889

190 Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad from his father from Ali ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, killed some of his sacrificial animals himself, and someone else killed the rest.

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحَرَ بَعْضَ هَدْيِهِ وَنَحَرَ غَيْرُهُ بَعْضَهُ ‏.‏

Narrated by Ali

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1797

I was with Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) appointed him to be the governor of the Yemen. I collected some ounces of gold during my stay with him. When Ali returned from the Yemen to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) he said: I found that Fatimah had put on coloured…

انْحَرْ مِنَ الْبُدْنِ سَبْعًا وَسِتِّينَ أَوْ سِتًّا وَسِتِّينَ وَأَمْسِكْ لِنَفْسِكَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ أَوْ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَأَمْسِكْ لِي مِنْ كُلِّ بَدَنَةٍ مِنْهَا بَضْعَةً ‏"

Narrated by Al-Barā' ibn ‘Āzib

Saturday, October 17, 2026 6 جمادى الأولى 1448 هـ