Sunan Ibn Majah 491 — Sheep Shoulder and Prayer Without Water

Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 491

This Hadith from Umm Salamah says that meat from the shoulder of a sheep was brought to the Messenger of Allah. He ate some of it, then performed prayer without touching water for ablution. This is a direct answer to searches like “does eating sheep meat break wudu” and “Prophet ate sheep shoulder and prayed.” The narration does not add a speech or a command. It reports an action: eating sheep shoulder, then praying without using water for a new ablution. The wording is simple, and the meaning should be kept simple too. It shows that this specific meal was followed by prayer without a new wudu being mentioned.