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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1829 — Eating Meat and Wudu
What Has Been Related About Eating Roasted Meat
Eating Meat and Wudu Before Prayer
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1829
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1829
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَّ عَطَاءَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا، قَرَّبَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَنْبًا مَشْوِيًّا فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَمَا تَوَضَّأَ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَالْمُغِيرَةِ وَأَبِي رَافِعٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .
Umm Salamah Narrated from:
Narrated Umm Salamah: That She Brought A Side Of Roasted Meat To The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ), So He Ate It From It And Stood For Salat, And Did Not Perform Wudu' He Said: There Are Narrations On This Topic From 'Abdullah Bin Al-Harith, Al-Mughirah, And Abu Rafi' [Abu 'Eisa Said:] This Hadith Is Hasan Sahih Gharib From This Route.
[1] A large heavily-bodied terrestrial game bird capable of swiftrunning and flight. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi .[1] There is a great deal of disagreement over the description of this reclining. However, it is safer to avoid every form of reclining since the prohibition in this narration is inclusive. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi .Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1829In-book reference : Book 25, Hadith 45English translation : Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 1829
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1829
This Hadith about eating meat and wudu reports that Umm Salamah brought a side of roasted meat to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم. He ate from it, then stood for prayer and did not perform wudu. The core point is very clear: in this reported incident, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ate roasted meat and then prayed without making wudu again. The narration does not discuss every food or every situation. It only mentions this event involving roasted meat. Abu Eisa states that there are narrations on this topic from Abdullah bin Al-Harith, Al-Mughirah, and Abu Rafi, and he grades this route as Hasan Sahih Gharib. For searches like does eating meat break wudu hadith, this narration is often relevant because it directly links eating meat with praying afterward without wudu in this specific case.
What we learn from this hadith
- Umm Salamah served roasted meat to the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ate from it and then stood for prayer.
- In this report, he did not perform wudu after eating that meat.
- The Hadith should be understood according to the specific incident it mentions.
