Sahih Bukhari 5539 — Animal Falling Into Oil or Butter-Fat

Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5539

This narration reports Az-Zuhri’s statement about an animal, such as a mouse, falling into oil or butter-fat. He said he had been informed that a mouse died in butter-fat, and Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) ordered the nearby butter-fat to be thrown away, while the rest could be eaten. The main search topic is “mouse in butter hadith,” with related terms like “contaminated oil in Islam” and “food impurity hadith.” The wording mentions solid or liquid oil or butter-fat in the question, but the reported prophetic order is about a mouse that died in butter-fat. So the explanation should stay close: remove what was near the dead animal and use the rest as stated. It is a practical, measured response to contamination.