Sunan an-Nasai 4328 — Horse Meat Permission

Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4328

This horse meat hadith reports a direct permission and a direct prohibition. Jabir said that the Messenger of Allah allowed the companions to eat horse flesh and forbade them from eating donkey flesh. The main teaching is the distinction between the two meats. For someone searching “is horse meat halal in Islam,” this narration states that horse flesh was allowed. For someone searching “can Muslims eat donkey meat,” the same report states that donkey flesh was forbidden. The hadith does not provide a reason, a long explanation, or a list of related animals. It gives two separate rulings in a compact form. A careful reader should preserve that simple contrast and avoid replacing the wording with personal taste, cultural habits, or assumptions about animals that look or work in similar ways.