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Sunan Ibn Majah 3197

Chapter: The meat of mules

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 3197

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ، وَمَعْمَرٌ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْجَزَرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ

كُنَّا نَأْكُلُ لُحُومَ الْخَيْلِ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَالْبِغَالُ قَالَ لاَ ‏.‏

It was narrated that ‘Ata’ narrated that Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said:

“We used to eat the meat of horses.” I said: “And mules?” He said: “No.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 3197) and An-Nasa’i (No. 4333).

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ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Authentic chainSahih Isnaad The chain only No. 3197
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 3197
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Authentic chainIsnaad Sahih The chain only No. 3197
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Authentic chainSahih Isnaad The chain only No. 3197

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Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1321b

Jabir (RAA). narrated, 'On the Day of Khaibar, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited eating the flesh of domestic asses, but permitted horse flesh.' Agreed upon.

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: { نَهَى رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَنْ لُحُومِ اَلْحُمُرِ اَلْأَهْلِيَّةِ, وَأْذَنْ فِي لُحُومِ اَلْخَيْلِ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ.‏ (1728)‏ .‏ وَفِي…

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh + 6 other versions

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 3808

On the day of Khaibar the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade us to eat the flesh of domestic asses, and ordered us to eat horse-flesh. ‘Amr said: I informed Abu al-Sha’tha’ about this tradition. He said: Al-Hakam al-Ghifari among us said this, and the” ocean” denied that, intending thereby Ibn’ Abbas.

نَأْكُلَ لُحُومَ الْحُمُرِ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَأْكُلَ لُحُومَ الْخَيْلِ

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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