Hadith of Qatadah ibn al-Nu'man (may Allah be pleased with him)

حَدِيثُ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ (١)، ١٦٢١٠ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ، وعَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ فُلَانٍ، وعَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ (٢) - وَلَمْ يَبْلُغْ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةَ كُلَّهَا - أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ (٣) ، أَتَى أَهْلَهُ فَوَجَدَ قَصْعَةَ ثَرِيدٍ مِنْ قَدِيدِ، ، الْأَضْحَى فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ، فَأَتَى قَتَادَةَ بْنَ النُّعْمَانِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَامَ فِي حَجٍّ فَقَالَ: " إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَأْكُلُوا الْأَضَاحِيَّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، لِتَسَعَكُمْ وَإِنِّي أُحِلُّهُ لَكُمْ، فَكُلُوا مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتُمْ " قَالَ: " وَلَا تَبِيعُوا لُحُومَ الْهَدْيِ وَالْأَضَاحِيِّ فَكُلُوا، وَتَصَدَّقُوا، وَاسْتَمْتِعُوا بِجُلُودِهَا، وَإِنْ أُطْعِمْتُمْ مِنْ لُحُومِهَا شَيْئًا فَكُلُوهُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ " (١)، ،

Abu Sa'id Khudri once came to the house of Qatadah and saw tharid made with the meat of Eid al-Adha placed in a bowl. He refused to eat it. Qatadah bin Nu'man came to him and informed him that on one occasion, during Hajj, the Prophet (peace be upon him) stood and said: I had previously commanded you not to eat the meat of sacrifice for more than three days so that it would suffice for everyone. Now I permit you; now you may eat it for as long as you wish. And he said: Do not sell the meat of the hady and sacrificial animals; eat it yourselves or give it in charity, and you may also benefit from their skins. If you can feed someone their meat, then you yourselves may also eat it for as long as you wish.

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى: أَخْبَرَنِي زُبَيْدٌ، أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ، أَتَى أَهْلَهُ فَوَجَدَ قَصْعَةً مِنْ قَدِيدِ الْأَضْحَى، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ، فَأَتَى قَتَادَةَ بْنَ النُّعْمَانِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَامَ فَقَالَ: " إِنِّي (١) كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ لَا تَأْكُلُوا الْأَضَاحِيَّ، فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ لِتَسَعَكُمْ، وَإِنِّي أُحِلُّهُ لَكُمْ، فَكُلُوا مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتُمْ، وَلَا تَبِيعُوا لُحُومَ الْهَدْيِ، وَالْأَضَاحِيِّ فَكُلُوا، (٢) وَتَصَدَّقُوا، وَاسْتَمْتِعُوا بِجُلُودِهَا، وَلَا تَبِيعُوهَا، وَإِنْ أُطْعِمْتُمْ مِنْ لَحْمِهَا (٣) ، فَكُلُوا (٤) إِنْ شِئْتُمْ " وقَالَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ: عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " فَالْآنَ فَكُلُوا، وَاتَّجِرُوا (٥) وَادَّخِرُوا " (٦)، ،

Abu Sa'id Khudri once came to the house of Qatadah and saw tharid made with the meat of Eid al-Adha placed in a bowl. He refused to eat it. Qatadah bin Nu'man came to him and informed him that on one occasion, during Hajj, the Prophet (peace be upon him) stood and said: I had previously commanded you not to eat the meat of sacrifice for more than three days so that it would suffice for everyone. Now I permit you; now you may eat it for as long as you wish. And he said: Do not sell the meat of the hady and sacrificial animals; eat it yourselves or give it in charity, and you may also benefit from their skins. If you can feed someone their meat, then you yourselves may also eat it for as long as you wish.

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ زُبَيْدٍ هَذَا، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ لَمْ يَبْلُغْهُ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (١)،

He said: Hajjaj narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, he said: Abu al-Zubayr informed me, from Jabir, similar to the hadith of Zubayd from Abu Sa'id, but he did not reach all of that, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ شَرِيكٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي نَمِرٍ تَمِيمٍ، عَنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، وَعَمِّهِ قَتَادَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " كُلُوا لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ وَادَّخِرُوا " (٢)، ،

It is narrated from Abu Sa'id Khudri and Qatadah that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Eat the meat of the sacrifice and store it.

حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنِ أَبُو (١) جَعْفَرٍ، وَأَبِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ، مَوْلَى بَنِي عَدِيِّ بْنِ النَّجَّارِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ نَهَانَا أَنْ (٢) نَأْكُلَ لُحُومَ نُسُكِنَا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ فِي سَفَرٍ، ثُمَّ قَدِمْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي، وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ الْأَضْحَى بِأَيَّامٍ، قَالَ: فَأَتَتْنِي صَاحِبَتِي بِسَلقٍ قَدْ جَعَلَتْ فِيهِ قَدِيدًا، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: أَنَّى لَكِ هَذَا الْقَدِيدُ؟ فَقَالَتْ: مِنْ ضَحَايَانَا؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: أَوَلَمْ يَنْهَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَنْ نَأْكُلَهَا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ: " إِنَّهُ قَدْ رَخَّصَ لِلنَّاسِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ "، قَالَ: فَلَمْ أُصَدِّقْهَا، حَتَّى بَعَثْتُ إِلَى أَخِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا، أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ كُلْ طَعَامَكَ فَقَدْ صَدَقَتْ قَدْ " أَرْخَصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ " (٣)، ،

It is narrated from Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade us from eating the meat of sacrifice for more than three days: Once, I went on a journey, and when I returned home, only a few days had passed since Eid al-Adha. My wife brought beetroot cooked with meat. I asked her where this meat came from. She replied that it was from the sacrifice. I said to her, "Did not the Prophet (ﷺ) forbid us from eating it for more than three days?" She said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) later permitted it." I did not confirm this and sent a man to my brother, Qatadah bin Nu'man, who was a participant in Badr, to ask about this issue. He sent back the reply: "You may eat it; your wife is correct. The Prophet (ﷺ) gave permission to the Muslims regarding this."