42/29. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4329 — Khaibar Food Ruling
Permission To Eat Horse Meat
Khaibar Hadith on Horse Meat and Donkey Meat
Sunan an-Nasai : 4329
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4329
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ وَاقِدٍ - عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، وَعَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، وَعَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ أَطْعَمَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ لُحُومَ الْخَيْلِ وَنَهَانَا عَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ .
Jabir Narrated from:
On the Day of Khaibar, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) allowed us to eat the flesh of horses but he forbade us from the flesh of donkeys.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4329In-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 67English translation : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4334
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4329
This Khaibar hadith records what the Messenger of Allah allowed and forbade regarding two kinds of meat. Jabir said that on the Day of Khaibar, the companions were allowed to eat horse flesh, while they were forbidden from eating donkey flesh. The report is useful because it places both rulings in the same event and makes the contrast easy to understand. The main search terms are “horse meat halal in Islam” and “donkey meat haram hadith.” Both are answered by the wording itself. The narration does not mention the reason for either ruling, so an explanation should not invent one. It also does not speak about every animal in the horse family. Its message is limited and clear: permission was given for horses, and prohibition was given for donkeys.
What we learn from this hadith
- Horse flesh was allowed on the Day of Khaibar.
- Donkey flesh was forbidden on the Day of Khaibar.
- Do not supply a reason that this narration does not mention.
