أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي زَيْنَبُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَی عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فَقَدِمَ قَتَادَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ وَکَانَ أَخَا أَبِي سَعِيدٍ لِأُمِّهِ وَکَانَ بَدْرِيًّا فَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ نَهَی عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ إِنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ فِيهِ أَمْرٌ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَأْکُلَهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لَنَا أَنْ نَأْکُلَهُ وَنَدَّخِرَهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4443
It was narrated from Abu Saeed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم forbade (eating) the meat of sacrificial animals after three days. Then Qatadah bin An-Numan, who was the brother of Abu Saeed through his mother, and had been present at Badr, came and they offered him (some of the meat). He said: “Didn’t the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم forbid it?” Abu Saeed said: “Something happened later. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم forbade us to eat it for more than three days, then he allowed us to eat it and store it.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020