35/5. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1970b — Another Chain for the Three-Day Meat Report
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.
Hadith About the Same Ibn Umar Report Through Another Chain
Sahih Muslim : 1970b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1970b
وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ، بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُثْمَانَ - كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1970bIn-book reference : Book 35, Hadith 38USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 22, Hadith 4854
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1970b
This narration says that the same Hadith has been narrated from Ibn Umar through another chain of transmitters. Because the text gives no new wording, the safest explanation is to connect it to the same meaning: the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم instructed that a person should not eat the flesh of his sacrificial animal beyond three days. This is useful for readers searching Sahih Muslim 1970b explanation or Qurbani meat three days hadith, but the content should remain simple. The report is not a separate story. It is another transmission of the same teaching. Its main lesson is that important instructions were preserved through more than one chain, while the meaning stayed the same.
What we learn from this hadith
- Another chain can carry the same Prophetic instruction.
- The report does not add a new event or reason.
- The same three-day limit remains the core message.
- Careful transmission helps preserve the wording.
