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(Book 20, Hadith 82) #35845
Umar ibn al-Khattab's Displeasure with Fatwa

SUMMARY: Umar ibn al-Khattab was displeased with Abu Hurayra's fatwa to a group of three people in ihram about eating game which people who were not in ihram were eating.

Yahya related to me from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, that Salim ibn Abdullah heard Abu Hurayra relating to Abdullah ibn Umar how a group of three people in ihram had passed him at ar-Rabadha and had asked him for a fatwa about eating game which people who were not in ihram were eating, and he told them that they could eat it. He said, "Then I went to Umar ibn al-Khattab in Madina and asked him about it, and he said, 'What did you say to them?' and I said, 'I told them that they could eat it'. Umar said, 'If you had told them anything else I would have done you an injury'. "
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يُحَدِّثُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِهِ قَوْمٌ مُحْرِمُونَ بِالرَّبَذَةِ فَاسْتَفْتَوْهُ فِي لَحْمِ صَيْدٍ وَجَدُوا نَاسًا أَحِلَّةً يَأْكُلُونَهُ فَأَفْتَاهُمْ بِأَكْلِهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَفْتَيْتَهُمْ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَفْتَيْتُهُمْ بِأَكْلِهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَوْ أَفْتَيْتَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ لأَوْجَعْتُكَ
TOPICS
fatwa  *  game  *  ihram  *  madina

QUICK LESSONS:
Give accurate religious advice; Respect authority figures; Follow instructions even if one does not agree; Be well informed before giving opinions on matters related to religion.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of giving accurate fatwas and how it can have serious consequences if done incorrectly. In this hadith we learn that Abu Hurayra gave a fatwa to a group of three people in ihram about eating game which people who were not in ihram were eating. When he told them they could eat it he was met with disapproval by Umar ibn al-Khattab who said "If you had told them anything else I would have done you an injury." This shows us the importance of being careful when giving religious advice and making sure we are well informed before doing so. It also teaches us the value of respecting authority figures and following their instructions even if we don't agree with them.

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