Can one eat sacrifice meat?
Mu' meneen Brothers
and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
After sacrificing, what do we
do with the meat?
What is the Sunna? Can we
keep some?
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Answer:
Can one eat
sacrifice meat?
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 22 Surah Hajj verses 36-37:
36 The sacrificial camels
we have made for you as among the Symbols from Allah: in them is (much) good
for you: then pronounce the name of
Allah over them as they line up (for sacrifice): when they are down on their sides (after slaughter), eat ye thereof, and feed such as (beg not,
but) live in contentment, and
such as beg with due humility: thus have we made animals subject to you
that ye may be grateful.
37 It is not their meat nor
their blood that reaches Allah: it is your piety that reaches Him: He has thus made them subject to you that ye
may glorify Allah for His guidance to you: and proclaim the Good News to all
who do right.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 7.476 Narrated by Salama
bin Al Aqua
The Prophet (saws)
said: “ (Of the Sacrifice) eat of it,
and feed of it to others, and
store of it.”
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh
5.115
A person offering a
sacrifice may consume, without any restrictions, any amount of meat he may
desire. He may likewise give away, or
offer in charity any amount he may wish. Some scholars say that one may eat
half, and give away the other half in
charity, while others say that the meat
be divided into three parts. Of these one may keep a part, distribute a part,
and give in charity the third part.
The Sunnah of the Messenger of
Allah (saws) was to consume a part of it,
distribute a part of it among his companions, and give a part of it to the poor and needy.
If one wishes, one may eat all or part of it, or distribute all or part of it, or give to the poor all or part of it. There is absolutely no restriction on how
one should consume the sacrificial meat,
but it would be best to eat some oneself, distribute some, and give
some to the poor and needy.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,