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The Meat Of Mules

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Darussalam · Volume 4

27. Chapters OnSlaughtering

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الحديث: 3197 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1066

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3197. It was narrated that 'Atá' narrated that Jâbir bin 'Abdullâh said: "We used to eat the meat of horses." I said: "And mules?" He said: "No." (Sahih)

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3197 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ، وَمَعْمَرٌ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْجَزَرِيِّ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «كُنَّا نَأْكُلُ لُحُومَ الْخَيْلِ» قُلْتُ: فَالْبِغَالُ، قَالَ: «لَا»

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Eating mule's meat is forbidden. The cross between a male donkey and a female horse results in a mule. Domesticated donkeys are forbidden while the mare is lawful. This proves that if a matter lies between lawfulness and unlawfulness, then it becomes forbidden preferring unlawfulness.