70/26. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5422 — Eating Mutton Before Prayer
A roasted sheep.
Hadith About Eating Before Prayer and Wudu
Sahih Bukhari : 5422
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5422
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَحْتَزُّ مِنْ كَتِفِ شَاةٍ، فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا، فَدُعِيَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ، فَقَامَ فَطَرَحَ السِّكِّينَ فَصَلَّى، وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ.
`Amr bin Umaiyay Ad-Damri Narrated from:
I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cutting part of the shoulder of mutton with a knife. He ate of it and then was called for prayer whereupon he got up and put down the knife and offered the prayer without performing new ablution.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5422In-book reference : Book 70, Hadith 50USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 65, Hadith 333
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5422
This hadith about eating and wudu describes a direct action of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. Amr bin Umaiyyah saw Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم cutting from the shoulder of mutton with a knife. He ate from it, then he was called to prayer. He stood, put down the knife, and offered the prayer without performing a new ablution. The text is clear about this exact case: eating that mutton did not lead him to renew wudu before praying. People often search eating meat breaks wudu hadith or Prophet prayed without new ablution. This narration should be explained carefully, staying with the scene given in the report and not adding other cases not mentioned here.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم responded to the prayer call without delay.
- He put down the knife and went to prayer.
- The narration shows he did not perform new ablution after that meal.
- The teaching should be kept to what the text actually states.
