43/35. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4423 — Three-Day Sacrifice Meat Limit
The Prohibition Against Eating The Meat Of Sacrificial Animals After Three Days and Storing it
Sacrificial Meat After Three Days: The Report of Ibn Umar
Sunan an-Nasai : 4423
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4423
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى أَنْ تُؤْكَلَ لُحُومُ الأَضَاحِي بَعْدَ ثَلاَثٍ .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah forbade eating the meat of sacrificial animals after three days" (Sahih)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4423In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 63English translation : Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4428
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4423
This hadith about sacrificial meat after three days reports a direct prohibition through Ibn Umar. He states that the Messenger of Allah forbade eating the meat of sacrificial animals after three days. The narration is brief and does not explain the reason, describe the people’s circumstances, or mention a later instruction. For that reason, an accurate explanation should not add a cause or a change that is absent from this specific text. Its central subject is the three-day limit stated in the report. Readers looking for the hadith on storing or eating udhiyah meat should notice exactly what this narration says: the prohibition concerned eating the meat after three days. Any wider comparison with other narrations belongs outside the explanation of this individual text.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ibn Umar reports a prohibition concerning sacrificial meat after three days.
- The narration gives a clear time limit without stating its reason.
- The wording should be presented as reported without adding an unstated condition.
