35/5. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1975c — Farewell Pilgrimage Meat
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.
Farewell Pilgrimage Hadith on Sacrificial Meat Preparation
Sahih Muslim : 1975c
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1975c
وَحَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي الزُّبَيْدِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ، مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ " أَصْلِحْ هَذَا اللَّحْمَ " . قَالَ فَأَصْلَحْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْمَدِينَةَ . وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، بْنُ حَمْزَةَ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ .
Thauban, the freed slave of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), reported: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me on the occasion of Hajjat-al-Wada' (the Farewell Pilgrimage): Make the flesh usable. So I made it usable (for him) and he ate it constantly until he reached Medina. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yabya b. Hamza with the same chain of transmitters, but he did not say: On the occasion of Hajjat-al-Wada'.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1975c, dIn-book reference : Book 35, Hadith 49USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 22, Hadith 4865
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1975c
This hadith about sacrificial meat in the Farewell Pilgrimage reports a practical instruction given to Thauban. He said that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم told him to make the flesh usable. Thauban prepared it, and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم continued eating from it until he reached Medina. The report also notes that another narration with the same chain did not mention the phrase about the Farewell Pilgrimage. The main teaching stays the same: the meat was prepared for use and eaten during the journey. For someone searching for qurbani meat storage or udhiyah meat travel hadith, this narration gives a clear example without adding anything beyond the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- Thauban was told to make the sacrificial meat usable.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ate from it until reaching Medina.
- The narration mentions a wording difference about the Farewell Pilgrimage.
- The report supports using prepared sacrificial meat during travel.
