Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade us from eating the meat of sacrificial animals after three days. I went on a journey and then returned home. This was a few days after Eid al-Adha. My wife brought a kind of vegetable «سلق» (beetroot) and there was dried meat in it. I asked: Where did these pieces of meat come from? She said: They are from our sacrifice. I said: Did not the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbid us from eating (the meat of sacrifice) after three days? She said: But later the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave people permission. But I did not confirm my wife’s statement and sent a message to my brother Qatadah bin Nu‘man, who was a participant of Badr, and asked him about it. He replied with this message: Eat your (meat) food, your wife is truthful, indeed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has given Muslims permission for this.