72/24. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5511 — Horse Slaughtered in Madinah
An-Nahr and Adh-Dhabh
وَقَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ لاَ ذَبْحَ وَلاَ مَنْحَرَ إِلاَّ فِي الْمَذْبَحِ وَالْمَنْحَرِ. قُلْتُ أَيَجْزِي مَا يُذْبَحُ أَنْ أَنْحَرَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ، ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ ذَبْحَ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَإِنْ ذَبَحْتَ شَيْئًا يُنْحَرُ جَازَ، وَالنَّحْرُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ، وَالذَّبْحُ قَطْعُ الأَوْدَاجِ. قُلْتُ فَيُخَلِّفُ الأَوْدَاجَ حَتَّى يَقْطَعَ النِّخَاعَ قَالَ لاَ إِخَالُ. وَأَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ نَهَى عَنِ النَّخْعِ يَقُولُ يَقْطَعُ مَا دُونَ الْعَظْمِ، ثُمَّ يَدَعُ حَتَّى تَمُوتَ. وَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَى لِقَوْمِهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً} وَقَالَ: {فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ}. وَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ الذَّكَاةُ فِي الْحَلْقِ وَاللَّبَّةِ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَنَسٌ إِذَا قَطَعَ الرَّأْسَ فَلاَ بَأْسَ.
Hadith About Horse Meat in Madinah
Sahih Bukhari : 5511
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5511
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، سَمِعَ عَبْدَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ، قَالَتْ ذَبَحْنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرَسًا وَنَحْنُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَكَلْنَاهُ.
Asma' Narrated from:
We slaughtered a horse (by Dhabh) during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while we were at Medina, and we ate it.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5511In-book reference : Book 72, Hadith 37USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 67, Hadith 419
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5511
This narration gives the horse meat report with a location detail. Asma said that they slaughtered a horse during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم while they were in Madinah, and they ate it. The hadith is not long, so the explanation should not become wider than the text. It simply reports a horse being slaughtered and eaten in Madinah during the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم lifetime. People often search for horse meat in Islam hadith or Sahih Bukhari horse meat hadith, and this narration is one of the short reports connected to that topic. The key point is the reported eating after slaughter.
What we learn from this hadith
- The event took place during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم.
- The narration says they were in Madinah.
- They slaughtered a horse and ate from it.
