Eat, make a provision, and keep it. (Using translation from Muslim 1972a)   

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الضَّحَايَا بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدُ كُلُوا وَتَزَوَّدُوا وَادَّخِرُوا  

[Machine] He heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say, "We used to not eat from the flesh of our bodies until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ permitted us, saying 'Eat and take provisions.' So we ate and took provisions. I said to 'Ata, Jabir said, 'Until we reached Madinah, he did not say anything.'"  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ ؓ يَقُولُ كُنَّا لَا نَأْكُلُ مِنْ لَحْمِ بُدْنِنَا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ فَرَخَّصَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُوا وَتَزَوَّدُوا فَأَكَلْنَا وَتَزَوَّدْنَا قُلْتُ لِعَطَاءٍ قَالَ جَابِرٌ حَتَّى جِئْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ لَا  

[Machine] We used to supply ourselves with sacrificial meat during the time of the Prophet ﷺ to Madinah.  

كُنَّا نَتَزَوَّدُ مِنْ لُحُومِ الْهَدْيِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ  

[Machine] Narrated Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, slaughtered his sacrificial animal and said, "O Thawban, prepare this sheep for us and make it presentable." I kept feeding from it until we reached Al-Madinah.  

عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ ذَبَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُضْحِيَّتَهُ فَقَالَ يَا ثَوْبَانُ هَيِّئْ لَنَا هَذِهِ الشَّاةَ وَأَصْلِحْهَا قَالَ فَمَا زِلْتُ أُطْعِمُهُ مِنْهَا حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ  

[Machine] On the authority of Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , that the Prophet ﷺ said to me: "Repair this meat," so I fixed it. He (Thawban) said: "He continued to eat from it until he reached Al-Madinah." Abu Mus'hir added, in his version of the hadith: "He said it during the Farewell Hajj."  

عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى السُّكَّرِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا عَبَّاسٌ التَّرْقُفِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ أَنَّهُ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا ثَوْبَانُ قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَصْلِحْ هَذَا اللَّحْمَ فَأَصْلَحْتُهُ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الْمَدِينَةَ زَادَ أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ قَالَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ  

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , "I used to prohibit you from eating the meat of sacrificial animals (Adeha) after three days, but I only intended by that to make it easier for those who are well-off to offer it to those who are in need. So eat what appears good to you and save some for the future." (Narrated by Abu Al-Husayn ibn Bishran in Baghdad, Abu Al-Hasan Al-Masri informed us, Ibn Abi Maryam informed us, Al-Firayabi informed us, Sufyan informed us, from Alqamah ibn Marthad, from Sulaiman ibn Buraidah, from his father, from the Prophet ﷺ , with a similar narration)  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ وَإِنَّمَا أَرَدْتُ بِذَلِكَ لِيَتَّسِعَ أَهْلُ السَّعَةِ عَلَى مَنْ لَا سَعَةَ لَهُ فَكُلُوا مَا بَدَا لَكُمْ وَادَّخِرُوا 19213 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I forbid you from three things, and I command you to do them. I forbid you from visiting graves, so visit them, for in visiting them there is a reminder. I forbid you from drinking in containers made of adham (a type of clay), so drink from every other vessel except that you do not drink intoxicants. I forbid you from eating the meat of sacrifices (animals slaughtered on the occasion of Eid) after three days, so eat it and benefit from it during your travels.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ وَأَنَا آمُرُكُمْ بِهِنَّ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا فَإِنَّ فِي زِيَارَتِهَا تَذْكِرَةً وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنِ الْأَشْرِبَةِ أَنْ تَشْرَبُوا فِي ظُرُوفِ الْأَدَمِ فَاشْرَبُوا فِي كُلِّ وِعَاءٍ غَيْرَ أَنْ لَا تَشْرَبُوا مُسْكِرًا وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوهَا بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ فَكُلُوهَا وَاسْتَنْفِعُوا بِهَا فِي أَسْفَارِكُمْ  

[Machine] He has allowed something to happen after you that contradicts what he forbade, which is eating the meat of sacrifices after three days.  

لَهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ بَعْدَكَ أَمْرٌ نَقْضًا لِمَا كَانَ نَهَى عَنْهُ مِنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الضَّحَايَا بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited us from eating the meat of our sacrificial animals for more than three days. I went on a journey and then returned to my family. They said, "He has given permission to the people after that." I did not believe them until I sent a message to my brother Qatadah ibn Nu'man, who was from Badr, asking him about it. He replied, "He has sent a message to me saying that if you have eaten your food, then you have truly believed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has given permission to the Muslims regarding that."  

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَأْكُلَ لُحُومَ نُسُكِنَا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ فَخَرَجْتُ فِي سَفَرٍ ثُمَّ قَدِمْتُ عَلَى أَهْلِي فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ رَخَّصَ لِلنَّاسِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَلَمْ أُصَدِّقْهَا حَتَّى بَعَثْتُ إِلَى أَخِي قَتَادَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ وَكَانَ بَدْرِيًّا أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَبَعَثَ إِلِيَّ أَنْ كُلْ طَعَامَكَ فَقَدْ صَدَقَتْ قَدْ أَرْخَصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ  

O people of Medina, do not eat the flesh of sacrificed animals beyond three days. Ibn al-Muthanni said: Three days. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) complained to the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) that they had children and servants of theirs (to feed), whereupon he said: Eat, and feed others, and store, and make it a provision of food. (Using translation from Muslim 1973)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ ﷺ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ لَا تَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فَشَكَوْا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ لَهُمْ عِيَالًا وَحَشَمًا وَخَدَمًا فَقَالَ كُلُوا وَأَطْعِمُوا وَاحْبِسُوا وَادَّخِرُوا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of Eid al-Adha: "Whoever sacrifices among you, let him not partake of anything from his sacrifice until three days have passed." When the following year came, they said, "O Messenger of Allah, should we do the same this year as we did in the previous year?" He replied, "No, eat, feed others, and save some, as the previous year was a year of hardship or a word resembling it. I intended for you to distribute among the people."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى مَنْ ضَحَّى مِنْكُمْ فَلَا يُصْبِحَنَّ مِنْ أُضْحِيَّتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَ ثَالِثَةٍ شَيْءٌ فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْعَامُ الْمُقْبِلُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَفْعَلُ فِي هَذَا الْعَامِ كَمَا فَعَلْنَا فِي الْعَامِ الْمَاضِي؟ فَقَالَ لَا كُلُوا وَأَطْعِمُوا وَادَّخِرُوا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ كَانَ فِيهِ شِدَّةٌ أَوْ كَلِمَةً تُشْبِهُهَا فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَقْسِمُوا فِي النَّاسِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "We used to prohibit you from eating its meat for more than three days, so that it would be enough for you. Then Allah brought abundance, so eat, save, and do business. Behold, these days are days of eating, drinking, and remembering Allah. And when he said 'and do business,' he meant to maintain kinship by giving gifts, for charity sought for its reward, not for trade."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَهَيْنَاكُمْ عَنْ لُحُومِهَا أَنْ تَأْكُلُوهَا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ لِكَيْ يَسَعَكُمْ جَاءَ اللهُ بِالسَّعَةِ فَكُلُوا وَادَّخِرُوا وَاتَّجِرُوا أَلَا وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامَ أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ وَذِكْرِ اللهِ ﷻ قَوْلُهُ وَاتَّجِرُوا صِلَةُ ائْتَجِرُوا عَلَى وَزْنِ افْتَعِلُوا يُرِيدُ الصَّدَقَةَ الَّتِي يُبْتَغَى أَجْرُهَا وَلَيْسَ مِنْ بَابِ التِّجَارَةِ  

We used to salt some of the meat of sacrifice and present it to the Prophet ﷺ at Medina. Once he said, "Do not eat (of that meat) for more than three days." That was not a final order, but (that year) he wanted us to feed of it to others, Allah knows better. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5570)   

الضَّحِيَّةُ كُنَّا نُمَلِّحُ مِنْهُ وَنَقْدَمُ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيْسَتْ بِعَزِيمَةٍ وَلَكِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ تَطْعَمُوا مِنْهُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

Some people of desert came at the time of sacrifice in the time of Apostle of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Store up for three days and give the rest as sadaqah (alms). After than the people said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Messenger of Allah, the people used to benefit from their sacrifices, take and dissolve fat from them, and make water-bags (from their skins). The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: What is that ? or whatever he said: They said: Messenger of Allah ﷺ, you have prohibited to preserve the meat of sacrifice after three days. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: I prohibited you due to a body of people who came to you. Now eat, give it as sadaqah (alms), and store up. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2812)   

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعَمْرَةَ فَقَالَتْ صَدَقَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ تَقُولُ دَفَّ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ حَضْرَةَ الْأَضْحَى فِي زَمَانِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ادَّخِرُوا لِثَلَاثٍ وَتَصَدَّقُوا بِمَا بَقِيَ قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَقَدْ كَانَ النَّاسُ يَنْتَفِعُونَ مِنْ ضَحَايَاهُمْ يَجْمُلُونَ مِنْهَا الْوَدَكَ وَيَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهَا الْأَسْقِيَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَهَيْتَ عَنْ أَكْلِ لُحُومِ الضَّحَايَا بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ الدَّافَّةِ الَّتِي دَفَّتْ حَضْرَةَ الْأَضْحَى فَكُلُوا وَتَصَدَّقُوا وَادَّخِرُوا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade and Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Muhammad al-Muqri reported that al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, Yusuf ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Kathir narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abis ibn Rabiah narrated from his father 'Abis ibn Rabiah that he said, "It was said to 'Aishah, 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbid the eating of sacrificial meat after three days?' She said, 'He only forbade it once in a year when the people were hungry from it and he intended to feed the rich and poor. We used to keep the humps for fifteen days and then eat it.' I then asked, 'Why did you do that?' She laughed and said, 'The household of Muhammad ﷺ did not get full with the bread made of barley continuously for three days until he met Allah ﷻ.'  

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى ح وأنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِي أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قِيلَ لِعَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُؤْكَلَ لُحُومُ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ؟ قَالَتْ مَا نَهَى عَنْهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً فِي عَامٍ جَاعَ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُطْعِمَ الْغَنِيُّ الْفَقِيرَ وَلَقَدْ كُنَّا نُخْرِجُ الْكُرَاعَ بَعْدَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ فَنَأْكُلُهُ فَقُلْتُ وَلِمَ تَفْعَلُونَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ فَضَحِكَتْ وَقَالَتْ مَا شَبِعَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ مِنْ خُبْزِ بُرٍّ مَأْدُومٍ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِاللهِ ﷻ