43/23. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4406 — Eating Horse Meat in the Prophetic Era
Concession Alowing The Process of Nahr for What Is Normally Slaughtered By Dhabh And Dhabh for what is normally slaughtered as Nahr
Is Horse Meat Halal? The Hadith of Asma bint Abi Bakr
Sunan an-Nasai : 4406
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4406
أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْعَسْقَلاَنِيُّ، - عَسْقَلاَنُ بَلْخٍ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْمُنْذِرِ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالَتْ نَحَرْنَا فَرَسًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَكَلْنَاهُ .
Asma' bint Abu Bakr Narrated from:
We slaughtered (Naharna) a horse during the time of the Messenger of Allah and ate it". (Sahih)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4406In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 46English translation : Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4411
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4406
This hadith is a direct report about eating horse meat. Asma bint Abi Bakr said that they slaughtered a horse during the time of the Messenger of Allah and ate it. The narration is brief and does not add a long discussion, a special condition, or a separate story. Its value comes from the clear action it records: a horse was slaughtered and its meat was eaten during the Prophet's lifetime. For readers searching for the horse meat halal hadith, this is one of the plainest wordings on the topic. The explanation should remain close to that wording and avoid adding rulings not mentioned in the input. The hadith establishes the reported practice itself and connects it to the time of the Messenger of Allah.
What we learn from this hadith
- Asma reported that a horse was slaughtered during the Prophet's lifetime.
- The people who slaughtered the horse ate its meat.
- The narration presents the event plainly without extra conditions.
- The report is directly relevant to searches about eating horse meat in Islam.
