Sunan Abi Dawud · Foods (Kitab Al-Atimah)
باب فِي أَكْلِ اللَّحْمِ
Chapter: Regarding eating meat.
4 hadith · references 3778–3781
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Abu Dawud · 3778لَا تَقْطَعُوا اللَّحْمَ بِالسِّكِّينِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ صَنِيعِ الْأَعَاجِمِ ، وَانْهَسُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُNarrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not eat meat with a knife, for it is a foreign practice, but bite it, for it is more beneficial and wholesome. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not stron5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3779كُنْتُ آكُلُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَآخُذُ اللَّحْمَ بِيَدِي مِنَ الْعَظْمِ ، فَقَالَ : أَدْنِ الْعَظْمَ مِنْ فِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُNarrated Safwan ibn Umayyah: I was eating with the Prophet ﷺ and snatching the meat from the bone with my hand. He said: bring the bone near your mouth, for it is more beneficial and wholesome. Abu Dawud said: Uthman did6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3780كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْعُرَاقِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عُرَاقَ الشَّاةِNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The bone dearer to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the bone of sheep.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3781حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، قَالَ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُعْجِبُهُ الذِّرَاعُ ، قَالَ : وَسُمَّ فِي الذِّرَاعِ وَكَانَ يَرَى أَنNarrated Abdullah ibn Masud: The tradition mentioned above (No. 3771) has also been narrated by Ibn Masud with a different chain of narrators. This version has: The Prophet ﷺ liked the foreleg (of a sheep). Once the fore2 narrators