42/26. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4319 — Why Mastigure Was Not Haram
Mastigures
Is Mastigure Halal? Ibn Abbas Explains the Table Evidence
Sunan an-Nasai : 4319
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4319
أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ أَكْلِ الضِّبَابِ، فَقَالَ أَهْدَتْ أُمُّ حُفَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَمْنًا وَأَقِطًا وَأَضُبًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنَ السَّمْنِ وَالأَقِطِ وَتَرَكَ الضِّبَابَ تَقَذُّرًا لَهُنَّ فَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أُكِلَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلاَ أَمَرَ بِأَكْلِهِنَّ .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that: he was asked about eating mastigures. He said: "Umm Hufaid gave some cooking fat, cottage cheese, and mastigures to the Messenger of Allah and the ate some of the cooking fat and cottage cheese, but he did not eat the mastigures because he found them distasteful. If they were Haram they would not have been eaten at the table-spread of the Messenger of Allah and the would not have told others to eat them."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4319In-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 57English translation : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4324
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4319
This Hadith records Ibn 'Abbas answering a question about eating mastigures. He described a gift from Umm Hufaid that included cooking fat, cottage cheese, and mastigures. The Messenger of Allah ate the fat and cottage cheese but did not eat the mastigures because he found them distasteful. Ibn 'Abbas then explained that if mastigures were haram, they would not have been eaten at the Prophet's table and he would not have told others to eat them. The core topic is whether mastigure is halal. The narration gives its own reasoning: the Prophet's personal refusal was based on distaste, while other people were allowed to eat. This keeps personal preference separate from a religious prohibition and answers the question through the event described.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet ate the fat and cottage cheese but left the mastigures.
- His reason in the narration was personal distaste.
- Others ate mastigures at his table.
- Ibn 'Abbas explained that this showed they were not haram.
