Did the Prophet ﷺ Eat Beef?

Question

Question: It is written in “al-Jawab al-Matin” that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate beef only once, at the house of his bondwoman Hazrat Barira ﵂. Some say that he merely tasted meat wrapped around a finger, [or that] the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drank the broth, or that he also ate a piece of meat. It is written in “Mishkat”, in the chapter on sacrifice, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ once sacrificed a cow on behalf of his pure wives.

Answer

“al-Jawab al-Matin” is not in my possession, nor has this report come to my attention in any book; however, the report of sacrificing a cow is found in “Sahih Muslim” and other hadith collections. [ar]ذَبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بَقَرَةً يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ[/ar] “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ slaughtered a cow on behalf of ‘A’isha ﵂ on the Day of Sacrifice” (hadith; Sahih…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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