42/26. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4316 — Mastigure Is Lawful but Distasteful
Mastigures
Mastigure Meat: Lawful Food and Personal Dislike
Sunan an-Nasai : 4316
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4316
أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أُتِيَ بِضَبٍّ مَشْوِيٍّ فَقُرِّبَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِهِ لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ قَالَ لَهُ مَنْ حَضَرَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَحْمُ ضَبٍّ . فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَرَامٌ الضَّبُّ قَالَ " لاَ وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ " . فَأَهْوَى خَالِدٌ إِلَى الضَّبِّ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَنْظُرُ .
Khalid bin Al-Walid Narrated from:
A grilled mastigure was brought to the Messenger of Allah and was placed near to him. He reached out his hand to eat it, and someone who was present said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is the meat of a mastigure." He withdrew his hand and Khalid bin Al-Walid said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, is mastigure Haram?" He said: "No, but it is not found in the land of my people, and I find it distasteful." He said: "Then Khalid bent over the mastigure and ate some of it, and the Messenger of Allah was looking at him."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4316In-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 54English translation : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4321
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4316
This Hadith explains both the mastigure ruling and the Prophet's personal response to it. A grilled mastigure was placed near him, and he reached to eat before being told what it was. He then withdrew his hand. When Khalid bin Al-Walid asked whether mastigure was haram, the Prophet answered no. He explained that it was not found in the land of his people and that he found it distasteful. Khalid then ate some while the Prophet watched. The core lesson is that personal dislike does not make a food forbidden. The narration also shows that the Prophet wanted to know what food was before eating it. The text gives a clear distinction: mastigure was not declared haram, even though he chose not to eat it.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet clearly said that mastigure was not haram.
- He avoided it because he found it distasteful and it was unfamiliar in his people's land.
- Khalid ate the mastigure while the Prophet watched.
- Personal dislike does not by itself make a food forbidden.
