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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Sacrifices

Sahih Muslim 1969b

Chapter: The prohibition of eating sacrificial meat for more than three days, which applied at the beginning of Islam but was then abrogated, and now it is permissible to eat it as long as one wants.

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1969b

Narrator:Ali

حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ، مَوْلَى ابْنِ أَزْهَرَ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ الْعِيدَ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ - قَالَ - فَصَلَّى لَنَا قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ ثُمَّ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ

نَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ نُسُكِكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثِ لَيَالٍ فَلاَ تَأْكُلُوا ‏

Abu 'Ubaid, the freed slave of Ibn Azhar, reported that he said 'Id (prayer) with Umar b. al-Khattab, and then said the 'Id (prayer) with 'Ali b. Abu Talib. He (the narrator further) reported:

He led us in prayer before delivering the sermon and then addressed the people saying: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has forbidden you to eat the flesh of your sacrificial animals beyond three nights, so do not eat that.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1969b, 1969c), Al-Bukhari (No. 5573) and An-Nasa’i (No. 4425).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله فِي حَدِيث عَلِيّ - رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ - أَنَّهُ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ : ( إِنَّ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ نَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا لُحُوم نُسْككُمْ فَوْق ثَلَاث لَيَالٍ فَلَا تَأْكُلُوا ) وَفِي حَدِيث اِبْن عُمَر عَنْ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : ( لَا يَأْكُل أَحَدكُمْ مِنْ أُضْحِيَّته فَوْق ثَلَاثَة أَيَّام ) قَالَ سَالِم : وَكَانَ اِبْن عُمَر لَا يَأْكُل لُحُوم الْأَضَاحِيّ بَعْد ثَلَاث , وَذَكَرَ حَدِيث جَابِر مِثْله فِي النَّهْي , ثُمَّ قَالَ : كُلُوا بَعْد وَادَّخِرُوا وَتَزَوَّدُوا. وَحَدِيث عَائِشَة أَنَّهُ دَفَّ نَاس مِنْ أَهْل الْبَادِيَة حَضْرَة الْأَضْحَى , فَقَالَ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اِدَّخِرُوا ثَلَاثَ…

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Not graded Sahih al-Bukhari 5573

(in continuation of above). Then I witnessed (the 'Its) with `Ali bin Abi Talib, and he too offered the `Id prayer before the sermon and then delivered the sermon before the people and said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has forbidden you to eat the meat of your sacrifices for more than three days."

قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ ثُمَّ شَهِدْتُهُ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَصَلَّى قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ، ثُمَّ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ نُسُكِكُمْ…

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1969c

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.

وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ…

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (4395)نَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ نُسُكِكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلاثِ لَيَالٍ
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  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (6219)نَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ لُحُومِ نُسُكِكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلاثٍ

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