35/5. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1972b — Journey Provisions
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.
Qurbani Meat as Journey Provision: Hadith from Jabir
Sahih Muslim : 1972b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1972b
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَطَاءٌ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ، عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ كُنَّا لاَ نَأْكُلُ مِنْ لُحُومِ بُدْنِنَا فَوْقَ ثَلاَثِ مِنًى فَأَرْخَصَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " كُلُوا وَتَزَوَّدُوا " . قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ قَالَ جَابِرٌ حَتَّى جِئْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
We did not eat the flesh of our sacrificial animals beyond three days in Mina. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) permitted us saying: Eat and make it a provision (for journey). I asked 'Ata' whether Jabir had also said: Till we came to Medina. He said: Yes.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1972bIn-book reference : Book 35, Hadith 42USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 22, Hadith 4858
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1972b
This hadith about qurbani meat as journey provision gives a direct report from Jabir b. Abdullah. He said that they did not eat the flesh of their sacrificial animals beyond three days in Mina. Then Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم permitted them and said: eat and make it a provision. When Ata was asked whether Jabir meant until they came to Medina, he answered yes. The focus is simple and practical: sacrificial meat could be used for the journey, not only eaten during the first few days in Mina. The text does not turn this into a long ruling. It simply shows permission to benefit from the meat by eating it and carrying it as food for travel.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Companions first avoided eating the meat beyond three days in Mina.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then permitted them to eat it and use it as provision.
- The report mentions using the meat until they reached Medina.
- The hadith supports practical benefit from sacrificial meat during travel.
