Sahih Muslim Hadith 5035 – The Permissibility

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[5035] 44 – (1946) It was narrated from Abü Umâmah bin Sahi bin Hunaif A1-AnsârI that 'Abdullâh bin 'Abbâs told him that Khâlid bin Al-WalId, who was called Saifullah (the Sword of Allah), told him that he entered, along with the Messenger of Allah c, upon Maimilnah, the wife of the Prophet , who was his maternal aunt and the maternal aunt of Ibn 'Abbâs. He found in her house a roasted mastigure which had been brought by her sister Hufaidah bint Al-Hârith from Najd. It was rare that food would be offered to him without being described or named. The Messenger of Allah stretched out his hand towards it and one of the women present said: "Tell the Messenger of Allah what is being offered to him." They said: "It is a mastigure, 0 Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah withdrew his hand and Khâlid bin Al-WalId said: "Is mastigure Harâm, 0 Messenger of Allah?" He said: "No, but it is not found in the land of my people and I have an aversion to it." Khâlid said: "I took it and ate it while the Messenger of Allah was looking on, and he did not forbid me."