43/35. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4425 — Sacrifice Meat for Three Days
The Prohibition Against Eating The Meat Of Sacrificial Animals After Three Days and Storing it
Hadith on Eating Sacrificial Meat Beyond Three Days
Sunan an-Nasai : 4425
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4425
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ أَبَا عُبَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ نَهَاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ نُسُكِكُمْ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثٍ .
'Ali bin Abi Talib Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah has forbidden you from eating the meat of your sacrificial animals for more than three day. (Sahih)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4425In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 65English translation : Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4430
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4425
This narration gives a short statement from Ali about eating sacrificial meat. He tells the people that the Messenger of Allah had forbidden them from eating the meat of their sacrificial animals for more than three days. The core topic is the three-day limit on qurbani or udhiyah meat in the wording reported here. No reason is mentioned, and no later permission appears in this individual narration. A careful explanation therefore keeps the focus on Ali’s statement and does not insert other events into it. The hadith is useful for anyone searching for the sacrifice meat three days hadith because it states the prohibition in direct language and identifies the Messenger of Allah as the source of the instruction.
What we learn from this hadith
- Ali conveyed the Messenger of Allah’s instruction to the people.
- The stated prohibition concerned eating sacrificial meat beyond three days.
- The report does not state a reason for the limit.
