Sunan an-Nasai 4448 — Targeted Animals, Al-Jallalah Milk, and Water Skins

Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4448

This hadith brings together three clear prohibitions. First, the Messenger of Allah forbade eating animals that had been taken as targets. Second, he forbade the milk of al-Jallalah, described in the input as animals that eat dung. Third, he forbade drinking directly from the mouth of water skins. Each point should be kept distinct. The first connects food with the cruel way an animal was treated. The second concerns milk from a particular type of animal. The third concerns a way of drinking from a container. A simple explanation of this halal food hadith should not merge these separate rulings or add reasons that the text does not provide. The practical message is to respect the stated limits in food, drink, and treatment of animals.