Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 3790

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Regarding Eating Horse Meat

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Darussalam · Volume 4

26. THE BOOK OF FOOD

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الحديث: 3790 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 352

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3790. It was narrated from Khālid bin Al-Walid that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ forbade eating the meat of horses, mules and donkeys. Ḥaiwah (one of the narrators) added – “and every predator that has fangs.” (Da’if) Abū Dāwūd said: This is the view of Mālik. Abū Dāwūd said: There is nothing wrong with horse meat, and this is not acted upon. Abū Dāwūd said: This is abrogated. A number of the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ate horse meat, including Ibn Az-Zubair, Faḍālah bin ‘Ubaid, Anas bin Mālik, Asmā’ bint Abī Bakr, Suwaid bin Ghafalah and ‘Alqamah, and the Quraish used to slaughter them (horses for meat) at the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.

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3790 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، وَحَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ، قَالَ حَيْوَةُ: حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ، عَنْ ثَوْرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الْخَيْلِ، وَالْبِغَالِ، وَالْحَمِيرِ»، زَادَ حَيْوَةُ: «وَكُلِّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «وَهُوَ قَوْلُ مَالِكٍ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «لَا بَأْسَ بِلُحُومِ الْخَيْلِ، وَلَيْسَ الْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ»، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: " وَهَذَا مَنْسُوخٌ قَدْ أَكَلَ لُحُومَ الْخَيْلِ جَمَاعَةٌ مَنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهُمْ: ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَفَضَالَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، وَأَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، وَأَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وسُوَيْدُ بْنُ غَفَلَةَ، وَعَلْقَمَةُ، وَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَذْبَحُهَا "

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As indicated by the author, the majority of the scholars consider the meat of horses as lawful.