25/4. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1792 — Questions About Badger and Wolf
What Has Been Related About Eating Badger
Hadith About Eating Badger and Wolf
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1792
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1792
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُخَارِقِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، عَنْ حِبَّانَ بْنِ جَزْءٍ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ، خُزَيْمَةَ بْنِ جَزْءٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ أَكْلِ الضَّبُعِ فَقَالَ " أَوَيَأْكُلُ الضَّبُعَ أَحَدٌ " . وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَكْلِ الذِّئْبِ فَقَالَ " أَوَيَأْكُلُ الذِّئْبَ أَحَدٌ فِيهِ خَيْرٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ لَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِالْقَوِيِّ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ . وَقَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ فِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَعَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُخَارِقِ وَعَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الْجَزَرِيُّ ثِقَةٌ .
Khuzaimah bin Jaz’ Narrated from:
I Asked The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) About Eating Badger. He Said: 'Does Anyone Eat Badger?' So I Asked Him About Eating Wolf' He Said: 'Does Anyone Who Has Any Good In Him Eat Wolf?'" [Abu 'Eisa Said:] The Chain For This Hadith Is Not Strong. We Do Not Know Of It Except As A Narration Of Isma'Il Bin Muslim From 'Abdul-Karim Abi Umayyah. Some Of The People Of Hadith Have Criticized Isma'Il And 'Abdul Karim Abi Umayyah. And He Is 'Abdul-Karim Bin Qais, Who Is Ibn Abi Al-Mukhariq. While 'Abdul-Karim Bin Malik Al-Jazari Is Trustworthy.
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1792In-book reference : Book 25, Hadith 5English translation : Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 1792
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1792
This hadith about eating badger and wolf records Khuzaimah bin Jaz’ asking the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم about both animals. When he asked about badger, the reply came as a question: “Does anyone eat badger?” When he asked about wolf, the reply was stronger: “Does anyone who has any good in him eat wolf?” The wording shows disapproval in this report. At the same time, the hadith text itself says the chain is not strong and that some people of hadith criticized Isma‘il and ‘Abdul-Karim Abi Umayyah. So this narration should be explained with its weakness included, not treated as stronger than the text allows.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report contains disapproving wording about eating badger and wolf.
- The narration itself states that its chain is not strong.
- The text teaches readers to keep grading notes with the meaning.
