43/36. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4427 — Verify Changed Guidance
Permission To Do That
Permission to Eat Sacrificial Meat After Three Days
Sunan an-Nasai : 4427
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4427
أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، زُغْبَةُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ خَبَّابٍ، - هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ خَبَّابٍ - أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ، قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ أَهْلُهُ لَحْمًا مِنْ لُحُومِ الأَضَاحِي فَقَالَ مَا أَنَا بِآكِلِهِ حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ . فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ لأُمِّهِ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ - وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا - فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ بَعْدَكَ أَمْرٌ نَقْضًا لِمَا كَانُوا نُهُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الأَضَاحِي بَعْدَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ .
Ibn Khabbab Narrated from:
Abu Sa 'eed Al- Kahudri arrived from a journey and his family offered him some meat from the sacrificial animal. He said: "I am not going to eat it until I ask about it," So he went to his half-brother through his mother, Qatadah bin An- Nu man who had been presently at Badr, and asked him about that. He said: "The opposite of what you were forbidden occurred after that, and (Permission was granted) to eat the sacrificial meat after three days" (Sahih)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4427In-book reference : Book 43, Hadith 67English translation : Vol. 5, Book 43, Hadith 4432
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4427
This hadith shows Abu Saeed Al-Khudri taking care before eating sacrificial meat after returning from a journey. When his family offered him some, he refused to eat until he asked about it. He went to Qatadah bin An-Numan, who told him that a later instruction had reversed the earlier prohibition on eating sacrificial meat after three days. The core message is both practical and careful. Abu Saeed did not act on an old understanding without checking whether anything had changed. The answer he received was that permission had been granted. For readers searching for the hadith on eating qurbani meat after three days, this report directly describes the question, the verification, and the later permission.
What we learn from this hadith
- Abu Saeed paused and asked before acting on an earlier prohibition.
- He sought information from someone who knew about the later development.
- The report states that permission was granted to eat sacrificial meat after three days.
