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(Book 20, Hadith 81) #35844
Permission to Eat Game Meat

SUMMARY: Umar ibn al-Khattab threatened Abu Hurayra for giving permission to a caravan of people from Iraq to eat the meat of some game which they had found with the people of ar-Rabadha.

Yahya related to me from Malik, from Yahya ibn Said, that he heard Said ibn al-Musayyab relating from Abu Hurayra that he was once coming back from Bahrain , and, when he reached ar-Rabadha, he found a caravan of people from Iraq in ihram, who asked him whether they could eat the meat of some game which they had found with the people of ar- Rabadha, and he told them they could eat it. He said, "Afterwards I had doubts about what I had told them to do, so when I got back to Madina I mentioned the matter to Umar ibn al-Khattab and he said, 'What did you tell them to do?' I said, ' I told them to eat it'. Umar ibn al-Khattab said, threatening me, 'If you had told them to do anything else I would have done something to you'. "
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ أَقْبَلَ مِنَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِالرَّبَذَةِ وَجَدَ رَكْبًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ مُحْرِمِينَ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْ لَحْمِ صَيْدٍ وَجَدُوهُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الرَّبَذَةِ فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِأَكْلِهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ إِنِّي شَكَكْتُ فِيمَا أَمَرْتُهُمْ بِهِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ مَاذَا أَمَرْتَهُمْ بِهِ فَقَالَ أَمَرْتُهُمْ بِأَكْلِهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ لَوْ أَمَرْتَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لَفَعَلْتُ بِكَ يَتَوَاعَدُهُ
TOPICS
iraq  *  permission  *  meat  *  caravan  *  ijazah  *  sayd  *  qafilah

QUICK LESSONS:
Consult your elders before taking any action, Take care while making decisions

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about Abu Hurayra who was returning back from Bahrain and encountered a caravan of people in ihram coming from Iraq. They asked him whether they could eat the meat of some game which they had found with the people of ar-Rabadha and he told them yes. After having doubts about his decision, he mentioned it to Umar ibn al Khattab when he got back to Madina and Umar threatened him for giving permission without consulting him first. This hadith teaches us that we should always consult our elders before making any decisions as it is important for us to take their advice into consideration before taking any action. It also teaches us that we should be careful while making decisions as it can have serious consequences if not done properly or without proper consultation with those who are more experienced than us in such matters.

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