Hadith 655
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وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : « إذا وقعت الفأرة في السمن ، فإن كان جامدا فألقوها وما حولها ، وإن كان مائعا ، فلا تقربوه» رواه آحمد وأبو داود ، وقد حكم عليه البخاري وأبو حاتم بالوهم.
Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "If a mouse falls into ghee which is solid, throw the mouse and what is surrounding it away; but if it is in a liquid state do not go near it." [Ahmad and Abu Dawud reported it; al-Bukhari and Abu Hatim ruled it to be Wahm (an error) (in reporting it from Abu Hurairah)].
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Takhrij:
«أخرجه أبوداود، الأطعمة، باب في الفأرة تقع في السمن، حديث:3842، وأحمد:2 /232، 265، 490. * الزهري مدلس وعنعن، و معمر خالفه الثقات فيه.»©Explanation:
➊ In the mentioned hadith, the command to throw out the contaminated clarified butter (ghee) and not to go near it is evidence that benefiting from impure fats (ghee, oil) is absolutely not permissible. However, it has already been explained that the chapter of benefit (intifa‘) is much broader than the chapter of sale (bay‘). The reconciliation among all the evidences is as follows: this prohibition is restricted only to human consumption and use as oil. When its consumption and use as oil are not permissible, then selling it and consuming its price is, a fortiori, forbidden.
➋ The distinction between solid and liquid is because, in the case of a solid, it is possible to discern how much of it the mouse has touched, whereas in the case of a liquid, it is not possible to determine which and how many parts have come into contact with the mouse’s body.
➌ Imam Bukhari and Abu Hatim rahimahumallah have declared this to be an error (wahm). They state that this hadith is from the musnad of Maymunah, not from the musnad of Abu Hurairah, so the ruling of error applies to the chain of transmission, not to the text itself.
➍ Our esteemed researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in its chain, whereas other researchers write regarding it «مَتْنُ الْحَدِیثِ صَحِیحٌ» “The text of the mentioned hadith is authentic.” Therefore, despite the chain of this narration being weak, it is, due to other supporting evidences, acceptable for practice and as proof. For further details, see: (al-Mawsu‘ah al-Hadithiyyah, Musnad al-Imam Ahmad: 12/101, 103).
«أخرجه أبوداود، الأطعمة، باب في الفأرة تقع في السمن، حديث:3842، وأحمد:2 /232، 265، 490. * الزهري مدلس وعنعن، و معمر خالفه الثقات فيه.»©Explanation:
➊ In the mentioned hadith, the command to throw out the contaminated clarified butter (ghee) and not to go near it is evidence that benefiting from impure fats (ghee, oil) is absolutely not permissible. However, it has already been explained that the chapter of benefit (intifa‘) is much broader than the chapter of sale (bay‘). The reconciliation among all the evidences is as follows: this prohibition is restricted only to human consumption and use as oil. When its consumption and use as oil are not permissible, then selling it and consuming its price is, a fortiori, forbidden.
➋ The distinction between solid and liquid is because, in the case of a solid, it is possible to discern how much of it the mouse has touched, whereas in the case of a liquid, it is not possible to determine which and how many parts have come into contact with the mouse’s body.
➌ Imam Bukhari and Abu Hatim rahimahumallah have declared this to be an error (wahm). They state that this hadith is from the musnad of Maymunah, not from the musnad of Abu Hurairah, so the ruling of error applies to the chain of transmission, not to the text itself.
➍ Our esteemed researcher has declared the mentioned narration weak in its chain, whereas other researchers write regarding it «مَتْنُ الْحَدِیثِ صَحِیحٌ» “The text of the mentioned hadith is authentic.” Therefore, despite the chain of this narration being weak, it is, due to other supporting evidences, acceptable for practice and as proof. For further details, see: (al-Mawsu‘ah al-Hadithiyyah, Musnad al-Imam Ahmad: 12/101, 103).
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 655
