Consuming Meat Of Sacrificial Animal Initially Prohibited By The Prophet (sws)
موطا امام مالک کتاب: کتاب قربانیوں کی باب: قربانی کا گوشت رکھ چھوڑنے کا بیان حدیث نمبر: 976 عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ أَهْلُهُ لَحْمًا فَقَالَ انْظُرُوا أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا مِنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضْحَى فَقَالُوا هُوَ مِنْهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْهَا فَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَكَ أَمْرٌ فَخَرَجَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ فَسَأَلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأُخْبِرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضْحَى بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ فَكُلُوا وَتَصَدَّقُوا وَادَّخِرُوا وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ الِانْتِبَاذِ فَانْتَبِذُوا وَكُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا وَلَا تَقُولُوا هُجْرًا يَعْنِي لَا تَقُولُوا سُوءًا Translation: Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that Abu Said alKhudri returned from a journey and his family gave him some meat. He asked whether it was meat from the sacrifice. They replied that it was. Abu Said said, “Didnt the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbid that?” They said, “There has been a new command from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, since you went away.” Abu Said went out and made enquiries about it and was told that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had said,”I forbade you before to eat meat of the sacrifice after three days, but now eat, give sadaqa and store up. I forbade you before to make nabidh (by soaking raisins or dates in water), but now make nabidh, but remember every intoxicant is haram .I forbade you to visit graves, but now visit them, and do not use bad language.”
When we read other narrations on this matter, Prophet Muhammad (sws) made this clear himself as to why he prohibited it initially i.e. “ I only forbade you for the sake of the people who were coming to you. Eat, give sadaqa and store up .” By these people, he meant the poor people who were coming to Madina. It was done initially so that people do not become greedy, instead they should also help out the poor and needy from their sacrificial meat. As it becomes clear from words of Prophet (sws) himself that it was not a prohibition per se, rather a way to make people congnizant about importance of Infaq from sacrificial meat as well. Reference Source : ( https://sunnah.com/malik/23/7 )