42/26. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4318 — Mastigure Permissibility at the Prophet's Table
Mastigures
Mastigure Permissibility: Eaten at the Prophet's Table
Sunan an-Nasai : 4318
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4318
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أَهْدَتْ خَالَتِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَقِطًا وَسَمْنًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ الأَقِطِ وَالسَّمْنِ وَتَرَكَ الأَضُبَّ تَقَذُّرًا وَأُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
My maternal aunt gave some cottage cheese, cooking fat, and mastigures to the Messenger of Allah He ate some of the cottage cheese and cooking fat, and left the mastigures, as he found them distasteful. But they were eaten upon the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and if they were Haram they would not have been eaten upon the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and he would not have told others to eat them.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4318In-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 56English translation : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4323
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4318
This Hadith describes a gift of cottage cheese, cooking fat, and mastigures. The Messenger of Allah ate some of the cottage cheese and fat but left the mastigures because he found them distasteful. Ibn 'Abbas then pointed to an important sign in the event: the mastigures were eaten at the Prophet's table. He reasoned that if they had been haram, they would not have been eaten there. The core topic is mastigure permissibility. The narration separates the Prophet's personal taste from the food's status. He did not eat the mastigures, but others did. This is a clear example of why a personal choice should not be treated as a general ban. The explanation remains tied to the meal and the reasoning stated by Ibn 'Abbas.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet ate the cottage cheese and cooking fat.
- He left the mastigures because he found them distasteful.
- Other people ate the mastigures at his table.
- Ibn 'Abbas used this event to show that the mastigures were not haram.
