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Sunan an-Nasai 4348 — Birds with Talons and Fanged Predators
Permissibility Ofg Eating The Flesh Of Chickens
Birds with Talons and Fanged Predators: Forbidden Meat Hadith
Sunan an-Nasai : 4348
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4348
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ بِشْرٍ، - هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ وَعَنْ كُلِّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
On the Day of Khaibar, the Prophet of Allah forbade eating any birds with talons and any predators with fangs. (Daif)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4348In-book reference : Book 42, Hadith 86English translation : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4353
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4348
This hadith addresses two categories of animals that were forbidden as food: birds with talons and predatory animals with fangs. Ibn ‘Abbas narrated that this prohibition was given on the Day of Khaibar. The report is marked weak in the provided text, so that grade should be kept in mind when presenting it. Still, the wording itself is plain. It does not name every bird or beast. Instead, it points to features: talons in birds and fangs in predators. People searching which birds are haram to eat or whether fanged animals are permissible will often find this wording. The safest explanation is to stay with the text and avoid creating extra animal lists that the narration itself does not provide.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report mentions birds that have talons.
- It also mentions predatory animals that have fangs.
- The provided text grades this narration as weak.
- The hadith gives animal categories rather than a full species list.
